Sold outDec 2023In short · Auchroisk (Speyside), 14 years.
“A slab of rich and spicy fruitcake with the density of a black hole slammed down with an earth-shaking wallop as it crushed chestnuts, marzipan and rhubarb crumble…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
SMWS 95.80 is a single cask of Auchroisk, in the Speyside region, 14 years old, bottled at 56.8%, released in the Dec 2023 Outturn. Every Society bottle numbered 95.x is from Auchroisk.
Specs, price and tasting-note extract from the SMWS. Full notes on smws.com.
Auchroisk exists because of a spring. In the early 1970s Justerini & Brooks found that Dorie's Well, near Mulben, ran with water much like their Glen Spey's; they test-distilled it, liked what they tasted and built on the spot, and spirit first flowed in 1974 for the J&B blend. The result is soft, malty and orchard-fruited. Its Gaelic name, the shallow ford across the red stream, once struck marketers as unpronounceable. Diageo's.