Sold outJan 2022In short · Auchentoshan (Lowland), 18 years.
“A wonderful intense fruity sweetness greeted the panel on the nose neat, apple strudel, freshly squeezed orange juice with a sprinkling of ginger and pineapple chunks in…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
SMWS 5.95 is a single cask of Auchentoshan, in the Lowland region, 18 years old, bottled at 58.4%, released in the Jan 2022 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.