Crème anglaise, cut grass, dark chocolate, dry marzipan, toasted nuts, cooked pears, cereal — fresh and clean
Doughy buttery body — lemon, pineapple, aniseed, charred oak, ground almonds, gentle sweetness
Soft, dry — green cereal notes, the J&B character revealed
Auchroisk 10 F&F — J&B's Speyside fill. Diageo's only official bottling. 43%. £40.
Crème anglaise nose. Doughy lemony palate. Soft dry finish. A rarely-seen distillery.
Auchroisk 10 earns a 6.5 — pleasant, light, easy-going Speysider at £40. An affordable taste of an obscure distillery.
Joe has spent over fifteen years immersed in the whiskey industry, beginning his career at a Speyside distillery before moving into drinks journalism. As Editor-in-Chief at Whiskeyful.com, he oversees...
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