Boys, girls – I’m in love! Call me ridiculous if you wish, but once again I’ve come across something that makes my heart skip a beat if mentioned, the scent of which makes me weak at the knees, the thought of which makes me blush like a little girl who has just kissed a boy on the cheek.  It’s not a new romance, granted, but certainly rekindled. I’m the type of person who will fall head over heels for something and then sort of forget it when something else comes along. So dusting off my bottle of Auchentoshan 12 y.o. was a most pleasant experience indeed.

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I’d say it’s about time we have a look at some Lowland whisky, as I have not reviewed many thus far (which is quite natural, of course, what with there only being 3 left in production!). The particular one I have on in mind for tod is Glenkinchie 12 year old, yet another Diageo brand.

Founded in 1825, its history is terribly dry and uninteresting, and thus we shall skip right past it. Unfortunately it is not only the history of this whisky that is uninteresting, though. The taste, aroma and just about everything else about it falls under the same category. I suppose that may well be the reason why an overwhelming majority of the whisky produced at the distillery goes on to form a part of various blends.

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I’m not quite sure how I feel about Auchentoshan; while it is Scottish, it was founded by Irish refugees in 1823, and on top of that it is located on the outskirts of Glasgow (with fear of being stabbed, I won’t go into detail on why I don’t like Glasgow, the knife-crime capital of the UK). With their whisky being quite tasty, I’m torn.

Something that makes Auchentoshan rather unique in Scotland is that they practice triple distilling, whereas most Scottish malts are only distilled twice, which gives a hint as to where the founders were from. It is also one out of only three currently active Lowland distilleries along with Glenkinchie and Bladnoch.

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