Sold outJun 2024In short · Auchentoshan (Lowland), 12 years.
“The panel found this to be an entertaining nose, studded with dates, cloves and nutmeg, with underlying aromas that suggested hessian, putty and prunes in syrup.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
SMWS 5.135 is a single cask of Auchentoshan, in the Lowland region, 12 years old, bottled at 59.9%, released in the Jun 2024 Outturn. Every Society bottle numbered 5.x is from Auchentoshan.
Specs, price and tasting-note extract from the SMWS. Full notes on smws.com.
On the edge of Clydebank, beneath the Kilpatrick Hills, Auchentoshan has made whisky since 1823 and is one of the very few Scottish distilleries to triple-distil everything. A third, intermediate still lifts the spirit to around 81%, leaving it light, sweet and delicate enough to be called 'the breakfast whisky'. German bombs hit its warehouses in the Clydebank Blitz; the crater now cools its stills as a pond. Suntory's.