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Auchentoshan
Scotland
Single Malt
Auchentoshan's Springwood expression, which spends its maturation resting in American oak bourbon casks, was released for travel retail. Rich in vanilla and orange, this is a flavoursome Lowland single malt, from a top distillery that triple distils its whisky.
Light and fragrant with classic bourbon-cask vanilla and honey, with hints of orange oil shining through.
Chocolatey on the palate, with continued vanilla fudge and citrus peels.
A rather refreshing palate of lemon and orange.
Agree with the previous review re smelling of urine. Tastes more like a vodka than a malt.i threw my bottle out. Avoid at all costs
Not sure if its just the bottle I got, there is a smell like urine. And the whisky has not much character at this price.
I disagree with the other review, and was pleasantly surprised by this whisky. It's definitely not as good as the Auchentoshan Three Wood, but I find it still very enjoyable as a daily dram. I actually like the pronounced young wood flavour, and the taste is very smooth with light citrus notes. Yes, there are better whiskies out there for this price, but this one definitely has its positive sides as well.
Auchentoshan produce some excellent whisky - particularly I've enjoyed old bottles of the 10 year old, more recent bottles of 12 year old (which is also very reasonably priced and is my top tip for a bottle of Auchentoshan) and I have also drunk the 18 year old (too expensive for what you get but very pleasant). However, from this experience I would be very cautious about buying anything from them in the future, particularly anything without an age statement. This whisky is extremely young bourbon cask whisky; by the taste about 6 years old. I suspect the casks haven't seen much bourbon and have been burnt badly so you are getting a lot of immature wood and burnt flavours. The result is a very poor whisky. On the nose: burnt plywood, solvent, alcohol, rice vinegar, sweet glue, citrus - lemon peel and orange juice, charcoal On the palate vanilla, sour lemon and zesty orange, burnt wood, slight bitter Finish: Short-medium lemon, boiled sweets, burnt wood, something gluey. I've had it open for about 6 weeks now - it's not as bad as when I first opened it but it still isn't worth drinking. This is the only whisky I've ever tipped down the sink and without doubt the worst single malt I have ever tasted. The only reason to buy a bottle of this is to educate yourself about bad whisky.
