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General
Distillery Profile - keywords (wazzat?)
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Malty
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Distillery profile:
Auchroisk is one of the youngest distilleries in
Scotland. It was founded in 1974 and their first
single malt whisky was bottled and sold at a barely
legal age in the UK in 1978. That sort of makes
it the Arran of it's day, I guess. Official bottlings
have been marketed under the name 'The Singleton'
since 1986, probably because... More
on Malt Madness. |
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| Check all the 'winners' (90 points or more) on this wee list (PDF) |
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- no vintage |
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- Singleton
of Auchroisk 10yo (43%, OB, +/-2000) - 040807
- Auchroisk 10 yo 'Flora & Fauna' (43%, OB, +/-2010) - 050114
- Auchroisk 20 yo (58.1%, OB, 5856 bottles, 2010) - 071110
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| OB
- vintage |
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- Auchroisk 47 yo 1974/2021 (48.7%, OB, Prima & Ultima, 382 bottles) - 240821
- Singleton
of Auchroisk 1975 (43%, OB) - no notes - 68
- The Singleton of Auchroisk 1975 (40%, OB, 75cl, +/-1992) - 230210
- Auchroisk 30 yo 1982/2012 (54.7%, OB, 2976 bottles) - 221112
- The
Singleton of Auchroisk 1983 (40%, OB, circa
1994) - 011106
- Singleton
of Auchroisk 1985 (40%, OB) - no notes - 78
- Auchroisk 25 yo 1990/2016 (53.4%, OB, Special Release, 3,954 bottles) - 201016
- Auchroisk 34 yo 1991/2025 (44.4%, The Maclean Foundation, virgin oak, cask #572002, 248 bottles) - 090326
- Auchroisk 1999/2009 'Manager's Choice' (60.6%, OB, cask #111323, 642 bottles) - 071110
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| Blackadder |
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- Auchroisk
18yo 1989/2008 (59.4%, Blackadder RC, Sherry,
cask #30268, 373 bottles) - 280109
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| Cadenhead
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- Auchroisk
12 yo 1978/1990 (59.3%, Cadenhead, dumpy black
label, 75cl) - 160706
- Auchroisk 27 yo 1988/2016 (48.6%, Cadenhead, Authentic Collection, bourbon hogshead, 258 bottles) - 201016
- Auchroisk
15 yo 1989 (59.5%, Cadenhead) - 160706
- Auchroisk 12 yo 2006/2018 (46%, Cadenhead, Small Batch, two hogsheads, 690 bottles) - 090326
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| Chieftain's |
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- Auchroisk
11 yo 1989/2001 'Portwood Finish' (43%, Chieftain's)
- no notes - 77
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| Coopers
Choice |
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- Auchroisk 22 yo 1991/2013 (49.5%, The Coopers Choice, Marsala finish, cask #9048, 250 bottles) - 050114
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| Douglas
Laing |
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- Auchroisk 8 yo 2008/2016 (46%, Douglas Laing, Provenance, refill hogshead, cask #11190) - 120517
- Auchroisk 8 yo 2008/2016 (46%, Douglas Laing, Provenance, cask #11469, 249 bottles) - 120517
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| Duncan
Taylor |
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- Auchroisk 22 yo 1988/2011 (52%, Duncan Taylor, Octave, cask #770686, 73 bottles) - 230212
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| Gordon
& MacPhail |
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- Auchroisk
1993/2008 (43%, G&M Connoisseur's Choice)
- 280109
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| Hunter
Laing - First Editions |
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- Auchroisk 25 yo 1996/2022 (48%, First Editions, Hunter Laing, PX sherry butt finish, USA) - 090326
- Auchroisk 23 yo 1997/2021 (54.6%, Hunter Laing, The first Editions, refill hogshead, cask #17814) - 200721
- Auchroisk 12 yo 2002/2014 (46%, Hepburn's Choice, 407 bottles) - 040515
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| Jack
Wiebers |
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- Auchroisk 34 yo 1975/2009 (45.8%, Jack Wieber, Old Train Line, cask #71820, 206 bottles) - 230210
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| James
Eadie |
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- Auchroisk 11 yo 2007/2018 (59.5%, James Eadie, first fill bourbon, cask #805594, 282 bottles) - 090326
- Auchroisk 12 yo 2007/2019 (59.4%, James Eadie, first fill bourbon, cask #80595, 291 bottles) - 300720
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| MacKillop's
Choice |
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- Auchroisk
1992/2007 (46%, McKillop's Choice, cask #15576)
- 280109
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| Malts of Scotland |
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- Auchroisk 1996/2018 (51.8%, Malts of Scotland, bourbon hogshead, cask #MoS18018, 267 bottles) - 090326
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| The
Nectar |
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- Auchroisk 22 yo 1990/2013 (52.9%, The Nectar of the Daily Drams) - 050114
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| Scotch Malt Whisky Society |
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- Auchroisk 8 yo (60.6%, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, European Whisky Festivals 2021, #95.47, ‘Red Bread’, 289 bottles, 2021) - 090326
- Auchroisk 2007/2023 (57.2%, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, ‘Spice Surprise’, #95.100, 494 bottles) - 090326
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| Signatory
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- Auchroisk
26 yo 1979/2006 (56,7%, Signatory, Sherry Butt
#25427, 592 bottles) - 011106
- Auchroisk 29 yo 1979/2008 (57.3%, Signatory Vintage, cask #22450, sherry, 474 bottles) - 230212
- Auchroisk 11 yo 2007/2018 (43%, Signatory Vintage, hogsheads, casks #803194 – 803195) - 050221
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| The
Whisky Fair - The Whisky Agency - Perfect Dram - Liquid Sun |
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- Auchroisk 23 yo 1990/2013 (49.8%, Sansibar) - 090314
- Auchroisk 17 yo 1996/2013 (48.2%, The Whisky Agency, Liquid Library, refill barrel, 208 bottles) - 090314
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| Various
IB |
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- Auchroisk 9 yo (46%, James Eadie, 1st fill bourbon, cask #804015, 296 bottles, 2017) - 120517
- Auchroisk 37 yo 1982/2019 (48.3%, Thompson Bros., refill sherry, 212 bottles) - 090326
- Auchroisk 31 yo 1989/2020 (44.9%, Thompson Bros., ex-refill sherry puncheon, 122 bottles) - 090326
- Auchroisk
16 yo 1990/2007 (59.8%, C&S Dram Collection,
cask #13820, 516 bottles) - 040807
- Auchroisk 22 yo 1990/2013 (49.8%, Whisky-Fässle, sherry) - 020713
- Auchroisk 25 yo 1991/2016 (54.7%, Claxton’s, bourbon hogshead) - 201016
- Auchroisk 27 yo 1991/2019 (48.7%, Valinch & Mallet, bourbon hogshead, cask #19-2701, 291 bottles) - 300720
- Auchroisk 25 yo 1995/2020 (49.4%, Whisky Erlebnis, bourbon, cask #2063, 129 bottles) - 050221
- Auchroisk 22 yo 1996/2018 (46%, Orcines, France, hogshead, cask #1976, 266 bottles) - 300720
- Auchroisk 17 yo 1997/2014 (53%, Golden Cask, bourbon, cask #CM 209, 280 bottles) - 200721
- Auchroisk 1999/2010 (46%, Captain Burn's, France) - 020713
- Auchroisk 12 yo 2007/2020 (56.3%, Lady of the Glen, PX hogshead finish, cask # 816839, 265 bottles) - 050221
- Auchroisk 13 yo 2008/2021 (59%, Fable Whisky, Chapter 9, hogshead, cask #806196, 264 bottles) - 090326
- Auchroisk 13 yo 2008/2022 (54.9%, Watt Whisky, 3 months in tawny Port, 318 bottles) - 090326
- Auchroisk 14 yo 2008/2023 (56.7%, Watt Whisky, Denmark exclusive, 27 months red wine cask) - 090326
- Auchroisk 8 yo 2010/2019 (59.7%, Brachadair, 1st fill oloroso hogshead finish, cask #79, 75 bottles) - 090326
- Auchroisk 9 yo 2010/2020 (59.9%, Fadandel.dk, 1st fill Port barrique, cask #46, 285 bottles) - 240821
- Auchroisk 10 yo 2010/2021 (58.7%, Fadandel.dk, anniversary, 1st fill oloroso hogshead, cask #73, 256 bottles) - 240821
- Auchroisk 11 yo 2011/2023 (57.1%, Whisky is the Limit, 1st fill St.Estèphe barrique, cask #22074021, 470 bottles) - 090326
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(all
current rankings 
86 points
- Last tasted on November 1,
2006 - Tasting notes 
