Auchentoshan 1957 50 Year Old Sherry Cask #480

Auchentoshan Three Wood

On ice at Dry Martini Bar, Madrid. It pours clean and dark orangish amber. Aroma is very high: tobacco, leather, hazelnut, cinnamon and sweet orange. Mouthfeel is pungent, powerful and just slightly sweet. Warm and oily, mouth-covering. Long-lingering finish with renewed spicy tinges. Quite nice.

Score 84/100

Auchentoshan 12 Year Old

Sampled in a Glencairn, without water but with a satisfied smile on my face. The legs are thin and a bit weedy, like the kid at school who always got picked last for the playground footie match. Nose: Toffee, fudge with orange elbowing its way between them. A very full flavoured aroma that I could sniff for ages. Taste: Toffee and fudge again,...

Score 88/100

Auchentoshan 13 Year Old 1999 Bottle Your Own Cask 2052

Another cask from the Auchentoshan visitor center is this Auchentoshan 1999, bottled in 213. It is, like his predecessor, bourbon cask matured, cask 2052. I try it from a bottle of 20cl that my buddy Niek brought back on the 10th of June. That way I can keep the full bottle that I got from Emile – signed by Distillery Manager Alisdair McDonald and...

Score 85/100

Auchentoshan 12 Year Old

Color: Deep gold Nose: Beyond the basis of soft caramel, elements of orange creamsicle: white chocolate, smooth coconut and fresh orange. Faint oaky spiciness. Palate: Spicey oak at first with some citrus acidity; then clean, slight toffee, with vague fresh laundry. Finish: fresh macadamia nuts, just slightly sweet with lingering oak. Best smelled...

Score 78/100