De wereld van Single Malt Whisky -Willem Ham-

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1 Highland Malt Speyside AUCHROISK (1973 also see The SINGLETON OF AUCHROISK Mulben, Banffshire. Eigendom van Justerini & Brooks Ltd. Deel uitmakend van International Distillers & Vintners Ltd. Eigendom van Grand Metrpolitan. (GrandMet). Gebouwd in 1973 naar een ontwerp van de Westminster Design Associates. Hoofdreden was de behoefte aan meer malt whisky, en de aanwezigheid van Dorie's Well, een bron met uitstekend en voldoende water. Auchroisk betekent 'het bos van de rode stroom', de naam van een boerderij in de omgeving. De whisky afkomstig van Auchroisk wordt uitgebracht onder de naam The Singleton of Auchroisk. Het eerste distillaat kwam op 8 Januari 1974 uit de ketels. De ketels van de vier distilleerderijen van International Distillers & Vintners, Auchroisk, Glen Spey, Knockando en Strathmill, zijn van een gelijk model. De acht ketels van Auchroisk zijn grotere replica's van die van Glen Spey. Men kan 3,5 miljoen liter spirit per jaar produceren. Het koelwater komt van Burn of Mulben. Op 16 Oktober 1997 staakt de Fransman Bernard Arnault van L M V H zijn verzet tegen de fusie van Guinness en Grand Metropolitan (GrandMet) voor een afkoopsom van ƒ die op 12 Mei 1997 was bekendgemaakt. De nieuwe naam van de gefuseerden zou eerst G M G Brands worden maar op 22 Oktober 1997 wordt bekend dat de naam Diageo zou worden. Afgeleid voor het Latijnse woord voor dag en het Griekse voor wereld. De Mashtun is groot 11.2 ton, er staan 8 Wash backs van elk liter. De via een met olie gestookte boiler, met stoom verhitter ketels zijn groot liter voor de Wash stills en de vier Spirit stills zijn liter.

2 Auchroisk (1973 2cl 4cl AUCHROISK 28 years old 56,8 % 42,50 85,00 RARE MALTS SELECTION Natural Cask Strenght Distilled 1974 Bottled April 2003 Limited Edition Genummerde flessen Auchroisk Distillery, Keith, Banffshire Scottish Malt Distillers, Elgin 'One of Speyside's newest distilleries; a smooth, sweet malt, from among the oldest to be sold and first to be distilled'. When its owners decided to build a new distillery on Speyside in the early 1970s, it was no small undertaking. To meet their ambitions they needed one thing above all - a good water supply. They found it at Auchroisk Farm by the Spey near Mulben. On this land a natural spring, Dorries Well, allowed an abundant 2,000 gallons of pure spring water to be drawn every hour, year-round. The result was a huge, award-winning new distillery producing four million litres of malt whisky a year, with maturation warehouses holding ten times that amount. But even here, size is not the whole story. After a few years, they discovered that the sweet, soft malt whisky distilled here not only aged well, but could be matured in bourbon and finished in second-fill sherry casks to produce a singular, soft and sweet malt - since widely enjoyed as The Singleton of Auchroisk. The warm gold 28-year-old bottling in the first Rare Malts cask strenght release is a singular achievement of another kind. The oldest malt ever released by the distillery, it is also among the first ever made, in A subtle, liquorice-sweet node leads to this soft-bodied old Speyside's succession of clear smoot estery flavours, from malt to shortbreadand cinnamon, with a long and warming finish. Well may you rejoice at the foresight of those who found the well. August 12, 2003.

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6 Auchroisk (1973 2cl 4cl AUCHROISK 12 years old 59,3 % 25,00 50,00 SPECIAL INDIVIDUAL CASK BOTTLING Distilled June 1978 Bottled October 1990 William Cadenhead Ltd, 18 Golden Square, Aberdeen AUCHROISK 11 years old 43 % 12,50 25,00 CHIEFTAIN'S ChOICE Distillation Date September 1989 Bottling Date June 2001 Cask No / Wood Type: Port Finish No. of Bottles 1944 Ian MacLeod & Co, Ltd, Broxburn AUCHROISK 10 years old 43% 12,50 25,00 FLORA & FAUNA Auchroisk Distillery, Mulben, Keith, Banffshire In a striking hilltop location, visible from Rothes, is sited the Auchroisk distillery. The unusual name, meaning 'Ford of the red stream' in Gaelic, refers to the Mulben Burn from which the distillery draws its cooling water. However, the principal reason for the siting of the distillery is Dorie's Wellan abundant source of soft, pure spring-water. Through the smoke and nutty sweetness, comes the unmistakeable feel of Dories silky water, followed by a dry, well balanced finish. October 2005 Diageo has announced that its 2005 Annual Rare Malts Selection will be the last. The collection will consist of four cask strenght single malts from closed distilleries; Glen Mhor 28 years old, Millburn 35 years old, Glendullan 26 years old and Linkwood 30 years old. Dr. Nicholas Morgan, global malts marketing director commented: 'As the Special Releases are now well established, it makes less sence to continue selecting and promoting a parallel series of Rare Malts with his own separate indentity'. In future, all premium and rare whiskies will be made available in the annual Special Releases series.