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- Thursday, October 27 (for as long as it lasts), we're pouring one ounce for $15
The Auchroisk distillery was built in 1974, to ensure a steady supply of malt whisky for the J&B blend. The land and springs, including the water source, Dorie’s Well, were bought for £5million. Although launched as a blending malt, master blender Jim Milne declared the quality of the bourbon-matured whisky sound enough to be sold as single-malt. It was not sold as Auchroisk (pronounced ‘OH-thrusk’), because the company deemed the name difficult to read. The distillery’s own bottlings were first sold under the name Singleton and in 1986 the first bottling, a twelve year-old, was released under this name. I have drunk some amazing, delicious whisky under The Singleton label, but none very old.
We have had some merchant bottlings of older Achroisk, but never an official release of the distillery. Well here we are with a rare old cask from the early days of this excellent young distillery, released under its own name, rather than The Singleton. I am pretty excited to taste this bottle with you.
We will open one bottle at 6:30 precisely. I hope you will join us. When it's gone, it's gone.
Next Week in The Spirits Project
Westport 18 yr, Five Lions Private Collection, 1997 Scotch