Auchroisk 11 Years Old 2011 Autumn Edition 2022 (Liquid Treasures)

Bottled by Liquid Treasures in 2022 as the 11 year old Autumn Edition 2022 release from 2011 vintage Auchroisk, distributed through events at cask strength of 52.8%. Liquid Treasures is a German independent bottler known for elaborate illustrated label artwork themed around art, music, and culture, with seasonal editions presenting hand selected single casks.

Distilled in 2011 at the Mulben distillery built by Justerini & Brooks in 1974, the wash was made from 100% unpeated malted barley with soft Dorie's Well water and fermented for around 53 hours in stainless steel washbacks. Auchroisk runs the spirit through four wash and four spirit stills with constricted lyne arms, encouraging high reflux that returns heavier compounds back to the pot. Shell and tube condensers give further copper contact, stripping sulphur compounds, with the spirit collected at around 70% ABV and filled into ex-Bourbon American oak.

Eleven years in temperate Speyside warehousing developed primary ester profile alongside measured oak extraction. Vanillin from lignin breakdown gave vanilla, cis and trans oak lactones added coconut and sweet wood, and char layer interaction produced furfural with Maillard derived caramelised sugars. Holding 52.8% across eleven years reflects steady evaporative loss, integrating American oak influence with the spirit's signature light, ester forward profile.