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Auchentoshan

No: 5
Producer: Morrison Bowmore
Region: Lowland
District: West  -   Multimap view
OS Sheet 21 ; Map reference NS 45 65 ; Latitude 55 51° N, Longitude 2 55° W
Founded ca 1800 ; Operating Status (1999): operating

The distillery is just on the northern edge of Glasgow, hidden in a hollow between the river Clyde and the Kilpatrick Hills [from where it obtains its water]. It was founded around 1800, largely rebuilt after the Second World War and re-equipped in 1974. It was acquired by Stanley P. Morrison & Co in 1984
© Michael Jackson 1994

It employs triple distillation, employed to help the whisky mature more quickly. smws/cm


Distillery rating: 5*

Dalmuir, Dunbartonshire
Tel: 01389-878561


tastings

10 yr old, 40 proof
Light, little character, harsh finish. [lh]

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