Sold outIn short · Auchroisk (Speyside), 12 years.
“At first nosing the Panel detected dried banana chips, oak shavings, almond butter and runny honey; lots of richness, and a feeling of creaminess and big texture.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
SMWS 95.81 is a single cask of Auchroisk, in the Speyside region, 12 years old, bottled at 64.4%. 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.