Auchentoshan
| Auchentoshan / Duntocher | |
|---|---|
| country |
 Scotland
|
| region | Lowlands |
| Geographical location | 55 ° 55 '19.2 " N , 4 ° 26' 20.4" W |
| Type | Paint |
| status | active |
| owner | Beam Suntory |
| Founded | 1823 |
| founder | John Bulloch |
| Water source | Springs in the Kilpatrick Hills |
| Washstill (s) | 1 × 17,300 l |
| Intermediate still (s) | 1 × 8,000 l |
| Spiritstill (s) | 1 × 11,500 l |
| Production volume | 1,650,000 l |
| Website | www.auchentoshan.com |
Auchentoshan ([ˌɒxənˈtɒʃən]; Scottish Gaelic Achadh an Oisein , translated "field of the corner") is a whiskey distillery in Dalmuir in the West Dunbartonshire district in the west of Scotland .
history
The distillery was built around 1800 by John Bulloch as a Duntocher Distillery . After his bankruptcy , his son Archibald Bulloch took over the distillery in 1822, but he too had to declare bankruptcy in 1826. Presumably, today's Auchentoshan distillery emerged from the existing Duntocher Distillery in 1823. There is no agreement in the literature as to whether the Auchentoshan distillery is actually the former Duntocher Distillery . In 1834 the now founded Bulloch & Co Ltd. the distillery to John Hart and Alexander Filshie. The distillery was renovated in 1875 and sold to CH Curtis & Co. in 1878 , which in 1900 sold it to Alexander Ferguson & Co Ltd. sold. As early as 1903 the distillery went to George & John McLachlan Ltd. , which in 1923 in McLachlans Ltd. were renamed. In March 1941 the distillery was partially destroyed in a German air raid and only rebuilt after the Second World War . On February 3, 1948, it was put back into operation. In the 1960s, J&R Tennent Ltd. the then owner McLachlans Ltd. in order to be swallowed by Charingtons - who were called Bass Charington from 1967 onwards - as early as 1964 . In 1969, Auchentoshan was sold to Eadie Cairns Ltd. sold, which they sold to Morrison Bowmore in 1984 , eventually ending up at Beam Suntory in 1994 . Today it is one of the last operating distilleries in the Central Lowlands .
production
The distillery's water comes from the Kilpatrick Hills. The malt used is only very lightly peated . The distillery has a mash tun ( mash do ) (6,825 t) of steel and seven fermenting vessels ( wash backs ) (per 35,000 l), three stainless steel and four from Douglas fir . It is distilled in a wash (17,300 l), an intermediate (8,000 l) and a spirit still (11,500 l). The triple distillation is unusual for Scottish distilleries, so the alcohol content of the new make is relatively high - around 80 to 82%. Before being filled into the barrels, it is initially reduced to around 63.5%, and then to a drinking strength of 40% after storage.
Fermentation tanks
The first two stills
Barrel storage
Bottle of the ten year old Auchentoshan
Auchentoshan 12
sorts
The distillery's whiskeys are currently (as of December 2019) offered in four ranges. All types are single malt Scotch whiskey. While the assortment of the Core Range remains unchanged, the varieties on offer often change within a few years , especially with Travel Retail and Special Edition :
- Core Range : American Oak (no age information , stored in Bourbon barrels), 12 Year Old (12 years old, no information about the type of barrel), Three Wood (no age information , stored first in Bourbon barrels, then twice in sherry barrels: Oloroso and Piedro-Ximenes. The duration of the respective barrel usage is also not specified.).
- Aged Range : Auchentoshan 18 Year Old and Auchentoshan 21 Year Old
- Travel Retail (available in duty free): Dark Oak (stored in three types of casks, such as Three Wood , but more aromatic and with a darker color), American Oak Reserve (stored exclusively in first-fill Bourbon casks) and Blood Oak (stored in Bourbon - and red wine barrels).
- Special Edition : Sauvignon Blanc (no age information, stored in bourbon barrels, then as a finish in Sauvignon barrels) and Bartender's Malt (no age information, a combination of different barrels: Bourbon, barrels made from American, Spanish and German oak as well as red wine and sherry Barrels).
Earlier bottlings contain different types of barrel aging as well as special vintages:
- Auchentoshan Classic
- Auchentoshan Springwood
- Auchentoshan Heart Wood
- Auchentoshan Cooper's Reserve
- Auchentoshan Silveroak
- Auchentoshan Solera
- Auchentoshan 1957
- Auchentoshan Bordeaux Cask Matured 1999
- Auchentoshan Valinch
- Auchentoshan 1975
- Auchentoshan Sherry Cask Matured 1977
- Auchentoshan Finest Bourbon Matured 16 - limited to 4800 bottles
- Auchentoshan 50 Year Old
literature
- Ingvar Ronde (Ed.): Malt Whiskey Yearbook 2017 MagDig Media Limited, Shrewsbury. 2016, ISBN 978-0-9576553-3-1
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ maltmusketeers.com. Retrieved November 10, 2019 .
- ↑ LearnGaelic - Dictionary. Retrieved November 10, 2019 .
- ↑ C. MacLean: Malt whiskey - water of life and cult drink . Extended and updated edition. Heyne, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-89910-184-7 .
- ↑ G. Nown: Malt Whiskey - A Gift from Nature . Müller Rüschlikon, Cham 1998, ISBN 3-275-01264-9 .
- ↑ M. Jackson : Michale Jackson's Malt Whiskey Companion . 3. Edition. Heyne, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-89910-234-7 .
- ↑ Entry on theclydebankstory.com
- ↑ I. Ronde: Malt Whiskey Yearbook 2008 . MagDig Media Ltd., Shrewsbury 2007, ISBN 978-0-9552607-2-8 .
- ↑ M. Udo: The Scottish Whiskey Distilleries . Black & White Publishing, Edinburgh, 2006. ISBN 1-84502-130-4 .
- ↑ Whiskeys | Auchentoshan. Accessed December 30, 2019 .