Auchroisk Distillery: History, Owner, Range and Visitor Guide
Updated: Oct 24
Auchroisk is a Speyside distillery in Banffshire, built in the 1970s around a newly found spring to make whisky for the J&B blend. It was also bottled for years under another name, The Singleton.
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Auchroisk at a glance
Distillery fact | Verified detail |
|---|---|
Location | Banffshire, Speyside |
Region | Speyside, Scotland |
Founded / established | 1970s |
Owner | Diageo |
Bottles documented | 2 named expressions in Whisky Clan's bottle database |
Visiting | See visitor information in the original research below. Check official opening and booking details before travelling. |
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Auchroisk history, people and production
Dorie's Well
The distillery exists because Dorie's Well was discovered, with water similar to that used at the Glen Spey distillery, which supplied malt for J&B. A test batch made with the well water at Glen Spey was approved, and construction began at the well in 1972.
Timeline
1972: construction begins
1974: production starts
1978: first single malt
1986: single malt rebranded as The Singleton, because Auchroisk was seen as too hard for consumers outside Scotland
2001: bottled as Auchroisk 10 Year Old in the Flora and Fauna range
2008: renamed The Singleton of Auchroisk
A vatting hub
The distillery is used as a hub for vatting Auchroisk with the highland whiskies used in J&B, before shipping for marrying and bottling.
The name
Auchroisk means shallow ford across the red stream in Gaelic, referring to the nearby Mulben Burn.
Added detail from trade sources
Ownership confirmed: Diageo has owned Auchroisk since 1997, following the Grand Metropolitan and Guinness merger, per Whiskypedia.
Build: IDV commissioned the distillery in 1972 for the J&B blend. Production officially began in 1974. Whiskypedia describes a white, harled modernist building on moorland.
Single malt history: first bottled as a single malt in 1986, it was the first malt to carry the Singleton name, which is now used for Glen Ord, Glendullan and Dufftown. Whiskypedia says the brand was dropped in 2001, followed by a Flora and Fauna bottling that year and a Rare Malts release in 2003.
Production: eight stills, eight steel washbacks, non peated malt, a 75 to 80 hour fermentation and water from Dories well (Whiskypedia spelling).
Role today: Whiskypedia says land around the distillery makes it one of Diageo's main northern warehousing sites.
Visitors: not open to the public. Address: Mulben, Moray, AB55 6XS.
Not verified: current ABVs and any official range, as malts.com and thesingleton.com did not load.
Auchroisk whisky bottle range and cask comparison
Here are named expressions documented from producer or specialist sources, including the available age and ABV. A missing strength is deliberately left as 'Check bottle' rather than estimated.
Bottle / expression | Age | ABV | Cask maturation / notes |
|---|---|---|---|
Auchroisk 10 Year Old Flora & Fauna | 10 years | 43% | Official Flora & Fauna Speyside release |
The Singleton of Auchroisk 12 Year Old (Historic) | 12 years | Check bottle | Historical Singleton branding, not current Singleton core |
Featured bottle: Auchroisk 10 Year Old Flora & Fauna
Regular and rare releases are distinguished in the Whisky Bottles database; a historical catalogue listing does not prove current availability.
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Frequently asked questions about Auchroisk
Who owns Auchroisk?
Diageo. Whiskypedia lists Diageo as current owner since 1997, after Justerini and Brooks (1974 to 1997). Whiskypedia lists it as not open to the public.
Is it the same as The Singleton?
The single malt has been sold as The Singleton and as Auchroisk at different times.
Why was it built?
To supply the J&B blend.
Who owns Auchroisk Distillery?
Auchroisk is owned by Diageo.
Where is Auchroisk Distillery?
Auchroisk is in Banffshire, Speyside, Scotland.
Sources and photographic credits
Wikipedia (Auchroisk distillery). The Singleton and Malts pages did not load, so this is a single source profile with no range, strengths or visitor details.
Added 20 October 2026: Whiskypedia, scotchwhisky.com (Auchroisk page) for ownership, history and production.
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