Auchentoshan. In a whisky landscape where single malts and new expressions are becoming more and more ubiquitous, every brand or distillery is jockeying for position and heralding its “point of difference”. Some hang their hat on geography (“We’re Scotland’s most northerly distillery”); some rely on taste (“The most richly flavoured Islay malt”); some rely on size (“Scotland’s smallest distillery”); and others lean on their corporate make-up (“Still family owned since 1860”).
Only one Scottish distillery, however, can declare that its production methods and spirit are different to every other Scotch single malt. And that distillery is Auchentoshan. For it is here and only here that the mystical and complex art of triple distillation is practiced on each and every drop of spirit produced.#
# [UPDATE] This statement held true for 30 years from 1993 until July 2023! When Rosebank closed in 1993, it left Auchentoshan as the only distillery left that practiced triple distillation for 100% of its spirit. However, Rosebank was rebuilt and brought back to life 30 years later; thus now making it two distilleries in Scotland – both of them Lowland – that triple distil all their spirit.