ABV: 57.1 %
Origin: Speyside
Type: Single Malt
Bottles in collection: 1
Emptied bottles: 0
Impression: 4/5
Tasting notes
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Additional information
This whisky was aged for 13 years in an ex-Oloroso sherry butt. It’s a single cask independent release. It’s unchillfiltered and has natural colour.
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ABV: 43 %
Origin: Speyside
Type: Single Malt
Bottles in collection: 0
Emptied bottles: 1
Impression: 2/5
Tasting notes
Nose: This is sweet and spirity. At first there’s a laid back sweetness with a big hit of ethanol. It comes through as a bit unpleasant from the start and it takes a while for it to settle in the glass. When it starts to open up there are vanilla, honey and butterscotch notes. The ethanol layer never really goes away and it feels younger than its age. There’s a slight hint of coastal seaweed notes and overripe fruits somewhere within but they doesn’t seem to fit in. This is a less than great nose. It’s spirity and uninteresting. It does get slightly better with time.
Mouth: It starts out somewhat flat with the same sweet and spirity character as before with just a hint of cardboard within. It then moves into herbs, spices and peat. There’s black pepper, burnt hay and lemon with a side note of oak. It’s slightly bitter and It’s very different in taste with a more peaty character. It’s not a peat monster in any way but it’s nice to get some flavour from this experience.
Finish: The transition is quite uneventful. The sweetness slowly fades and the peat notes moves to the back. This leaves room for a bitterness and the ethanol note which still brings unpleasantries to the mix. It quickly moves on to the oakiness which is decent and slightly nutty. This is a so and so whisky and it’s understandable that they use it in blends and not as a standalone brand.
Additional information
There is no information to be found on the aging process of this whisky. It’s the only standard release of Auchroisk, yet it is limited.
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ABV: 46 %
Origin: Speyside
Type: Single malt
Bottles in collection: 0
Emptied bottles: 0
Impression: 3/5
Tasting notes
Nose: This is thin and sweet. At first there’s a very mild honey and vanilla sweetness and a spirity top layer. The whole is very laid back and nothing is popping out of the glass. When it starts to settle there are some apples and baking spices slowly emerging. There’s a malty center, but just as the other things it seems to be embaressed to be in there. It really feels younger than its age. There’s a minty note floating around as well. Over time it seems like the whole mostly increases in sweetness. This is a decent nose, but it’s quite simple and straight forward.
Mouth: It starts out with a sweet center and with a few drops of elderflower juice floating around on top. It feels a bit watery at first but the spicyness and flavours do increase over time. There’s the standard vanilla and honey sweetness and after a few seconds there’s a not so nice bitterness starting to occupy the background. Overall it gets sweeter with time in the glass and it makes a huge difference to the intensity of all flavours. There’s grapefruit and liquorice coming through as well. It feels a bit weird and oddly put together. It does make it fun to explore at this point of the journey though.
Finish: The start of the transition makes the spicyness spread out over the palate. When it settles a nice vanilla and apples dessert-like taste arrive with some baking spices on top. When it starts to fade the elderflower juice pop up once again together with notes of age and oak. There are some dusty bookshelves and they are actually pushing the elderflower note up front. The finish is very nice and really accentuates the age statement. This is a weird whisky. It’s up and down and in disarray most of the time. It’s interesting to explore, but not the best tasting whisky out there.
Additional information
This whisky was aged in a single hogshead for the full maturation time. The cask No. is 2061 and it yielded 236 bottles. It’s unchillfiltered and has natural colour.
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