Auchentoshan – American Oak (70cl, 40%)

Auchentoshan – American Oak is a single malt whisky from Auchentoshan (Lowland). Bottled at 40% ABV, 70cl. This lowland distillery was once known as 'Dunochter Distillery' before it was bought by John Hart and Alexander Filshie in 1834. During the time of World War II, Auchentoshan Distillery was severely damaged by a German bomb in the Clyde Blitz of 1941, with one of the warehouses being destroyed. Nevertheless, the bomb crater, today, is the distillery pond and a new visitor centre was built in 2004. The distillery has had many ownerships over the years, being sold to Morrison Bowmore in 1984 for £325,000, now part of Beam Suntory. One forte that Auchentoshan has is that it's one of the only distilleries in Scotland to exclusively use a triple distillation process, as well as unusually using all of its production for single malt. This triple distilled single malt scotch whisky from the Auchentoshan Distillery comes from a first fill North American oak casks. This bottling has a vanilla and coconut sweetness from a first fill bourbon casks.