One Cask at a Time
One Cask at a Time is an Edinburgh-based independent bottler with a straightforward but uncompromising approach: hand-select individual casks from across Scotland’s distilleries, bottle them only when the time is right, and let the whisky speak for itself.
Every release is cask strength, non-chill filtered, and without added colouring, no shortcuts, no blending, just a single cask captured at its best. Their range is split across three tiers: Chronograph, Pendulum, and Grandfather. Broadly reflecting the age and character of each release.
Today we’re looking at two of their bottlings: the Auchroisk, a 13-year-old Speyside, and the Jura, a 15-year-old matured in an Oloroso sherry cask from the Pendulum range.
Auchroisk is a Speyside Distillery in Mulben, Banffshire, owned by Diageo. This distillery is relatively young, only founded in 1974. Building had started 2 years earlier in 1972. Auchroisk Single Malt is a very important part of the J&B Blended Whisky. The only official bottling that Auchroisk released is the Flora & Fauna 10 Year Old Single Malt.
Let’s now have a taste.
Auchroisk Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky – Cask Number 2900667, Distilled 22/09/2012, Matured in Madeira Cask, 13 Year-old, 54.8% abv. Bottled by One Cask at a Time
Colour…Rich Copper.
Nose…Elegant and sweet, vanilla is very present, with a plethora of orchard fruits. Some gentle and mild spice notes.
Taste…This feeling of elegance continues, great mouthfeel, vanilla and honey merge together, a touch of liquorice lingers for a little while, more spice notes and a wee puff of white pepper, a little oakiness.
Finish…Medium to long, my palate is full of spice and vanilla, oak is still there, apples and pears are floating about.
This is quite a grand single cask dram; I really enjoyed this tasting. I found this dram to be quite complex at times and you take the next sip and it feels that it has settled down to be just an easy-drinking dram.
Now for the Jura. Owned by Whyte and Mackay. It is a Highland Whisky. Located a stone’s throw from the Whisky Island of Islay, check out their website ( jurawhisky.com ). Jura Whisky has a great reputation among whisky lovers and is up there in The Whisky Boys top 10.
Isle of Jura – 15 Year Old, Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky, Oloroso Matured, Single Cask, 54.4% abv. From the Pendulum Range.
Colour…Walnut
Nose…Quite complex, clean refreshing sweetness, gentle warm spices, distant beach BBQ.
Taste…Ultra smooth, beach pebbles and sea-air freshness, sawn oak, crushed mixed nuts, runny chocolate over plump raisins, full bodied and sweet, this dram only needs a teardrop of water if any.
Finish…Long and elegant, the spice and the BBQ smoke lingers well.
Yes, another very fine dram. It would grace and Whisky tasting event.
Retailing at £150.00, which sounds about right for a single cask Jura.
One Cask at a Time is a Scottish independent bottler. They have a large collection of single cask Whiskies from across Scotland and are all bottled at cask strength.
Head of brand development at One Cask at a Time, Russell Bradley, commented: “Only casks of exceptional quality have been chosen for bottling under the One Cask at a Time label. A testament to the art of whisky making and a tribute to the role time has to play in transforming a whisky, each cask has been hand selected for its unique qualities, bottling a moment in time to share with the world.”
