The Toshan Man
Mark Dermul
News
06/01/2023
Happy New Year! On the eve of my birthday, I was able to add another great bottle to my collection. It's a 1960s blend containing quite a bit of Auchentoshan: Maclachlan's 8 Year Old Five Castles. Love it!
04/12/2022
Asta Morris, Belgian independent bottler and a personal friend, has just released 164 bottles from a single cask that was put to sleep in 1998. This 24 Year Old Auchentoshan is simply outstanding, so I got me a box of 6 bottles to last me until spring... Check it out here.
03/11/2022
Finn Thomson, a relatively new independent bottler, has just released 180 bottles from a single cask that was put to sleep in 1989. This 32 Year Old Auchentoshan is simply outstanding and a true treasure to add to my Auchentoshan collection. Check it out here.
15/09/2022
The Thompson Brothers, Phil & Simon, have released their very first Auchentoshan, a 24 year old from 1998. It's a vatting of 2 refill barrels that together yielded just over 300 bottles. I'm very happy to add this one to the Toshan Temple. Check it out here.
09/09/2022
Today I was able to add another Distillery Exclusive to the collection, a port cask finish. The distillery's exclusives now sport a new label, aligned with the recent rebranding. Check it out here.
26/06/2022
My friend Kit from Russia sent me an incredible package with some goodies for the Toshan Temple. Funny thing: it travelled around the world from Bulgaria to France to Singapore to The Philippines and back to France before arriving in Belgium. Something must have gone wrong along the way, but it's finally here. Thanks, Kit!
20/03/2022
Another great find was just added to the collection: Iona, a blend with Auchentoshan at its heart that had it's heyday in the 1920s. Next to impossible to find nowadays, the Toshan Man was able to secure one at an online whisky auction.
24/12/2021
It's been a while since I found a great bottle that was still lacking in the collection, but Santa brought me bottle 001/112 of the Auchentoshan 1962, that was bottled in 2003 after 41 long years of maturation. Amazing!
26/06/2021
Another great Toshan has arrived at the Temple: Auchentoshan 22 Year Old 1998 bottled exclusively for the Dram Brothers Whisky Society Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Only 67 bottles were released and the last one - no 67 - is now in the collection. Happy!
01/05/2021
You'll fine another two new videos in Publications and several new tasting notes as our liquid adventure continues. I even got my hands on a 1970s stash of Glentoshan 5 Year Old for the Italian market. Guess what? It's still very, very tasty!
Welcome to The Toshan Man!
'I
am the Toshan Man!' says Mark Dermul, a whisky aficionado
and collector from Belgium. He's the driving force behind the Flemish
whiskyblog 'Whivie' (Which is an acronym for Whisky Voor
Iedereen, i.e. Whisky for Everyone) on which he posts whisky news in
general and professes his love for Auchentoshan in particular. The Toshan Man is a tribute to the Triple Distilled Lowlander near Glasgow, which he visits every few years since 2010. Those are trips that will be long remembered, not in the least because of the friendly reception by the enthusiastic crew.
In these pages, you'll find Mark's ever expanding Auchentoshan whisky collection, reports of his trips to Auchentoshan Distillery and tasting notes of all the Toshan expressions he has tried. Enjoy your stay and May the Malt be with you!
You can visit Mark's profile on Facebook, as well as the page of his personal whiskyblog 'Whivie'. Become a friend, why don't you? Let's share the passion for this beautiful dram.
Slàinte!
06/01/2023 - Maclachlan's Five Castles
A blend from the 1960s
by Maclachlan's, who owned the
Auchentoshan Distillery from 1903 until
the 1960s. Great addition to the
collection.
04/12/2022 - Asta Morris
Asta Morris' Auchentoshan
24 Year Old 1998 - only 164
bottles - has reached the Toshan Temple!
Six of 'm, in fact.
03/11/2022 - Finn Thomson
Finn Thomson's
Auchentoshan 32 Year Old 1989 - only 180
bottles - has reached the Toshan Temple!
What will you find on this website?
Step into the bar and check what Toshans Mark has tried so far.
Read Mark's reports of his visits to the Auchentoshan Distillery - with loads of photos!
