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SMWS 95.85: Auchroisk

“A comforting shaft of sunlight” · Past release, no longer on sale
A comforting shaft of sunlight - SMWS 95.85Sold outJul 2023
95.85

A comforting shaft of sunlight

SMWS regionSpeyside
Age12 years
ABV62.8%
Cask2nd fill ex-bourbon barrel
SpiritMalt Whisky
Distillery from SMWS code 95
DistilleryAuchroisk
RegionSpeyside

In short · Auchroisk (Speyside), 12 years.

“Sniffing this, every Panellist imagined flowers – yellow roses, chamomile, elderflower and flower meadows in Haute-Savoie.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
£69View on SMWS

SMWS 95.85 is a single cask of Auchroisk, in the Speyside region, 12 years old, bottled at 62.8%, released in the Jul 2023 Outturn. Every Society bottle numbered 95.x is from Auchroisk.

How the price compares
At £69, this 12-year-old cost more than 11 of the 23 Auchroisk bottlings aged 10–14 released 2021–2025 that we hold. They ranged from £50 to £85.80, with a median of £69.
Shaded: their range · line: this bottleRelease prices, not adjusted for inflation

Specs, price and tasting-note extract from the SMWS. Full notes on smws.com.

About Auchroisk

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.

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