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13/02/2012

This weekend was absolutely brilliant for the Toshan Man. I'll update every day, starting with a great gift from Stephan De Bolle, Auchentoshan importer in Belgium. He presented me with this wonderful Auchentoshan Tin, containing samples of the new make spirit and Three Wood, a booklet and three small glass jars containing cask shavings of the bourbon barrel, oloroso sherry cask and PX sherry cask that was used to create the Three Wood. Wonderful!

03/02/2012

I have picked up another couple of bottles for my ever expanding collection that now boasts 68 full bottles: the Battlehill 6 Year Old from Duncan Taylor, bottled in 2005 and the current Dhun Bheagan Lowland 8 Year Old. I was also able to track down a 1980's pin too. Another great week for the Toshan Man!

07/01/2012

I celebrated my 42nd birthday on this day and would like to extend my sincere thanks to my co-workers for the wonderful bottle of  Auchentoshan Classic. The same thanks (for more bottles of the Classic) go to my Mom, my brother-in-law and my friend Samuel. Also a big thank you to my friend Jan who brought the Advance Sample of Old Malt Cask's Auchentoshan 12 Year Old and two minis from Milroy's of Soho's Auchentoshan 16 Year Old. I also treated myself to the Duthies Auchentoshan 11 Year Old and 16 Year Old and got my hands on bottle 1 of 60 of the Dutch bottler DH17's Auchentoshan 10 Year Old Single Cask. Phew, we're pretty stocked up, eh?

06/01/2012

The Auchentoshan Valinch got top honors at Whisky For Everyone's, by ending up at the number two spot in their 2011 top 10.  Well done!

01/12/2011

I have just added a 20 Year Old individual cask botteling to my collection from A.D. Rattray, distilled on 14th December 1990 and bottled on the 1st August 2011 at a whopping 55,9%, bourbon cask 17287 that yielded only 273 bottles. 

27/11/2011

Four new tasting notes have been added, two independent bottlings and two officials, including the  Auchentoshan 50 Year Old 1957! Now that is an absolutely stunning Lowlander! Check out the notes individually by clicking on the images of the bottle on the right hand side or simply go here for a complete overview of all my tasting notes.

25/11/2011

Auchentoshan, the only triple distilled Single Malt Scotch Whisky, is delighted to announce it has been awarded Best in Class Trophy for Single Malt Scotch Whisky 15 years & under for its Three Wood expression at the prestigious Cathay Pacific Hong Kong IWSC Awards. Kirsteen Beeson, Head of Brands Marketing: 'This competition is intent on recognising the quality of products available within the Asian market and naturally we’re delighted Auchentoshan Three Wood has won this extremely prestigious award. This win demonstrates the perfect suitability of Auchentoshan’s expressions to the Asian palate. They are discerning customers and we are delighted the quality and provenance of our brand is finding a place in the hearts of the Asian consumers.' Amen!

18/11/2011

It has been a good week, to say the least. Yet another bottle has been added to the collection. This time it's an Auchentoshan 1999, a cask strength whisky from sherry hogshead 155, bottled at an ABV of 57,9%. Only 175 bottles produced and available only at the warehouse of the bottler. Got the mini too :)

17/11/2011

I was able to secure a sample of the Auchentoshan 1966, a 31-year old cask strength whisky, bottled in 1997. This is cask 801, bottled at an ABV of 47,5%. I will have tasting notes on this baby soon.

12/11/2011

Another independent bottling from Auchentoshan added to the collection: the James Mac Arthur's Old Master Cask Strength Selection Auchentoshan 1992, a 12-year old cask strength whisky, bottled in 2004.

10/11/2011

Morrison-Bowmore has convinced none other than the famous Rachel Barrie to join its ranks as Master Blender. Rachel previously worked closely together with Dr Bill Lumdsen at Glenmorangie & Ardbeg where she held the title of Whisky Creator and was responsible for quite a few of the big hits such as the Ardbeg Supernova and the Glenmorangie Signet, to name but two examples. Needless the say the Toshan Man is very excited to see this lady with more than 20 years of experience under her belt join my favourite distillery. It can only mean we'll soon be seeing even better releases from Auchentoshan!

06/11/2011

At last the Auchentoshan 50 Year Old 1957 is here! Well... not exactly. I didn't get hold of a full bottle for the simple reason that it would set me back 3.000 EUR, which I cannot possibly spend on a bottle of Scotch at this time. But I did obtain a sample of the Auchentoshan 50 Year Old 1957 Sherry Cask #479 (which yielded 171 bottles). I will try it soon...

24/10/2011

My Dutch whiskybuddy Imanuel picked me up a bottle from the 'The Ten' series by La Maison du Whisky. It is the number '01' (what else?), which represents the Lowlands in the series. A young Auchentoshan bottled at 40,10% ABV.

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