Auchentoshan – 1998 Murray McDavid (70cl, 50.5%)

This is a 1998 Auchentoshan single malt from the independent bottler Murray McDavid, in a 70cl bottle at 50.5% ABV. Auchentoshan stands on the western edge of Glasgow, close to the River Clyde and the Erskine Bridge. It uses water from the Kilpatrick Hills and is counted among the Lowland distilleries. Its three stills of different sizes are used for triple distillation, a method once usual across the Lowlands, and the distillery is said to date from around 1800.