16/10/2026
When the distillery released its first official single malt in 1986, company marketers worried that consumers outside of Scotland would struggle to pronounce Auchroisk. To solve this, they invented the brand name “The Singleton” specifically for Auchroisk’s malt. While the original bottling was retired years later, Diageo eventually revived “The Singleton” as a global umbrella brand now used for distilleries like Glen Ord, Dufftown, and Glendullan. Long before extra wood finishing became standard practice in the Scotch industry during the 1990s, Auchroisk was experimenting with the technique. In the late 1970s and 1980s, spirit that had matured in ex-bourbon barrels was transferred into sherry casks for a brief secondary finish prior to bottling—a method that helped lay the groundwork for modern double-matured whiskies.
