Singleton of Auchroisk
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THE SINGLETON OF AUCHROISK
40%
1976
1976
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Mature and Mellow
UNBLENDED SINGLE MALT
SCOTCH WHISKY
Ruchill & Ross Limited
Auchroisk Distillery, Muiben, Banffshire
THE SINGLETON OF AUCROISK
Mature and Mellow
UNBLENDED SINGLE MALT
SCOTCH WHISKY
Ruchill & Ross Limited
Auchroisk Distillery, Muiben, Banffshire
THE SINGLETON OF AUCROISK
40 %
1983
1983
geen leeftijds vermelding
Mature and Mellow
Ruchill & Ross Limited
Auchroisk Distillery, Muiben, Banffshire
THE SINGLETON OF AUCHROISK
Mature and Mellow
Ruchill & Ross Limited
Auchroisk Distillery, Muiben, Banffshire
THE SINGLETON OF AUCHROISK
10 years old
40%
Ruchill & Ross Limited
Auchroisk Distillery, Muiben, Banffshi
Ruchill & Ross Limited
Auchroisk Distillery, Muiben, Banffshi
also see Auchroisk
Speyside
THE SINGLETON OF AUCHROISK also see AUCHROISK
Mulben, Banffshire. Licentiehouder: Ruchill & Ross Limited. Auchroisk Distillery. Onderdeel van International Distillers & Vintners Ltd. (I.D.V.) Eigendom van Grand Metropolitan (GrandMet).
De bouw van Aucroisk begon in 1973 en de eerste spirit kwam op 8 Januari 1974 uit de acht met stoom verhitte ketels.
Het ontwerp voor de heel moderne distilleerderij is van de Westminster Design Associates.
Auchroisk betekent 'het bos van de rode stroom', de naam van een boerderij in de omgeving.
De ketels van de vier distilleerderijen van I.D.V. Auchroisk, Glen Spey, Knockando en Strathmill zijn van een gelijk model, die van Auchroisk zijn grotere replica's van die van Glen Spey.
The still house serves as a model for the still house of Roseisle distillery
Men kan 4,5 miljoen liter spirit per jaar produceren.
Het proceswater komt van Dorie's Well, het koelwater van de Burn of Mulben.
De whisky van Auchroisk was bedoeld voor de eigen blends.
Toch komt in 1987 een single malt whisky uit met de naam The Singleton of Auchroisk, omdat de naam Auchroisk moeilijk uitspreekbaar is.
Singleton werd vroeger wel gebruikt om aan te duiden dat het om één speciaal vat ging van een bijzonder jaar.
Auchroisk heeft een uniek, eigen systeem ontworpen om het overkoken van de washbacks te voorkomen, inplaats van propellers erboven, hangt er een soort druppelaar boven, gevuld met water en cellulose, zodra het kokende schuim de pijpjes raakt met cellulose en water, druppelt er wat in de vloeistof en zakt het schuim weer in !
Auchroisk heeft een grote opslag voor volle vaten, omdat ter plekke de whisky 'vatted'.
Het water komt van Dorie's Well.
De Mash tun is 11.2 ton.
Er staan 8 Wash backs van elk 56000 liter.
De vier Wash stills hebben een inhoud van 23.940 liter, de vier Spirit stills hebben elk een inhoud van 16.760 liter.
De ketels worden met stoom verhit die komt van een met olie gestookte boiler. De capaciteit is 3,5 miljoen liter spirit per jaar.
Here the heavy character is produced by rapid mashing, quick fermentation and, in the wash stills, a rapid boiling regime which almost cooks the solids and allows controlled carryover of some solids. This almost singed character [shared with Blair Athol] is most obvious at new make but recedes with maturation, being replaced by a balanced honeyed cereal sweetness.
The building of Auchroisk in 1972 was meant to herald the start of a new era for blended Scotch. Certainly architecturally (like its contemporary, Allt-a-Bhainne) it stands out – a white, harled, modernist structure in the moorland. It was commissioned by IDV, at that time the parent firm of J&B which had decided that sales of the blend justified another distillery being built to join its Speyside portfolio of Glen Spey, Knockando and Strathmill.
Auchroisk was first bottled as single malt in 1986 and was the first to carry the prefix ‘Singleton’, a name now attached to single malts from Glen Ord, Glendullan and Dufftown. Although highly regarded by writers and judges in its time, it never quite made the leap from cult to major brand. Interestingly, the maturation process involved decanting 10-year-old ex-Bourbon matured whisky into ex-Sherry casks for a further two years of secondary maturation, making it the first example of finishing, but IDV never thought of talking up the process, leaving Balvenie and Glenmorangie to be regarded as the pioneers of the technique. The brand was dropped in 2001 and has subsequently quietly slipped back into the shadows.
Although somewhat remote, the large tracts of land surrounding the distillery make this the ideal site for one of Diageo’s main northern warehousing complexes.
1972
Auchroisk is built to produce malt
whisky for the Justerini & Brooks blends
(J&B)
1974
Production officially begins at the distillery
1986
Auchroisk first bottled as a single malt
under the Singleton brand
1997
The distillery becomes a part of
Diageo following the merger of
Grand Metropolitan and Guinness
2001
The name The Singleton is abandoned
and
Auchroisk is released as a Flora
and Fauna bottling
10 years old
2003
A 28 years old from 1974 is released
in the
Rare Malts collection
2010
A Manager's Choice SC and a 20 years old
Limited Edition are released
2012
A 30 years old from 1982 is released
2016
A 25 years old from 1990 is released
2020
Capacity: 600.000 Ltrs
Output: 5.800.000 Ltrs
CONDENSER TYPE i
Shell and tube
FERMENTATION TIME i
75-80 hrs
FILLING STRENGTH i
63.5%
GRIST WEIGHT (T) i
12
HEAT SOURCE i
Steam
MALT SPECIFICATION i
Non peated
MALT SUPPLIER i
Mostly in house
MASH TUN TYPE i
Lauter
NEW-MAKE PHENOL LEVEL i
Non peaty
NEW-MAKE STRENGTH i
70%
SPIRIT STILL CHARGE (L) i
9,000
SPIRIT STILL SHAPE i
Lamp glass
STILLS i
8
WASH STILL CHARGE (L) i
13,500
WASH STILL SHAPE i
Lamp glass
WASHBACK TYPE i
Steel
WASHBACKS i
8
WATER SOURCE i
Dories well
WORT CLARITY i
Clear
YEAST TYPE i
Pressed
Diageo
1997 - present
Justerini & Brooks
1974 - 1997