Auchroisk 10 Year Old Flora & Fauna

Auchroisk 15 Year Old 2000 Old Malt Cask

Auchroisk (say ‘o-thrusjk’) is a very young distillery, only founded in 1974. It’s a workhorse for the blenders and hardly sees the light of day as a single malt. This is a single cask that appeared in the famous Old Malt Cask series by Hunter Laing. A bit young for Old Malt Cask, no? Anyway. The nose is very soft and reminds me of spring. I get...

Score 83/100

Auchroisk 13 Year Old 1998 C&S Dram Collection

Auchroisk – pronounce o-thrusk – is a rather unknown distillery in Speyside, founded in 1974. She produces predominantly for blends such as J&B and Johnnie Walker. You will not find Auchroisk as a single malt in abundance. There is only a Fauna & Flora bottling, a Singleton version and a Special Release by Diageo. 2012 also saw the oldest...

Score 84/100

Auchroisk 20 Year Old 1989 Blackadder Raw Cask

The Raw Cask series from Blackadder is known for three things. First, there is always a bit of cask residue in the bottle that should make you believe it came straight from the cask. Second, it’s always a single cask release and third, at cask strength. Only the first is a bit of a marketing trick, because the whisky is of course filtered before...

Score 87/100

Auchroisk Duncan Taylor Auchroisk, 22 yo, 1988, bottled 2010

Nose: Starts a little bit sharp on the nose. lemony, then ,malty and sweeter notes of fruit. With time in the glass, those sharp notes become weaker. Some herbal notes as well. Water accentuates the wood, and citrus/spice. Palate: The palate is spicy,peppery and fruity, with the malty notes arriving later on. with water, the palate gets more...

Score 87/100