Auchroisk 1993 Connoisseurs Choice Gordon & Macphail

Auchroisk 26 Year Old 1979 Signatory Vintage

The independent bottler Signatory has quite a few Auchroisk in its portfolio, primarily from 1979. This is one of those from that well known Cask Strength Collection. It is a sherry butt that was filled on 17th October 1979 and bottled on 22nd March 2006. The sherry cask is immediately prominent on the nose. The malty and very flowery character...

Score 87/100

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 20 Year Old Cask Strength

This semi-limited release (less than 6000 bottles) from Diageo’s Classic Malts lineup of 2010 is one of the few OBs of Auchroisk since the demise of their Singleton brand in 2000. It’s a Speyside distillery that doesn’t get much attention, as most of its output finds its way into such blends as J&B Rare and Johnnie Walker Red Label. It’s also...

Score 89/100

Auchroisk 19 Year Old 1996 Kintra

Auchroisk is one of those unknown distilleries built, in 1974, by the forerunner of Diageo, to provide malts for the increasing demand for blends, most notably for J&B – Justerine & Brooks or sometimes Junk & Bullshit when people are in a foul mood… The malt is hardly obtainable as official release, but you can come across it by...

Score 85/100