Loch Dhu

Loch Dhu 10 Year Old, Heavily Charred American Oak Cask, 2000, 40%

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TypeSingle Malt Whisky
MRI
MRI 2
Average Score
Avg58
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Description

The Loch Dhu 10 Year Old, famously known as 'The Black Whisky,' is an infamous and controversial single malt from Mannochmore distillery in Speyside. This 10-year-old expression, distilled in 1990 and bottled in 2000, gained its distinctive, almost opaque black color through the use of heavily double-charred American oak casks and a significant amount of spirit caramel (E150a). While it was widely criticized by whisky writers and deemed 'awful' by many, it has since achieved cult status and become a highly collectible item due to its rarity and unique character.

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LatestSGD 119
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SGD 189SGD 163SGD 137SGD 112Price (SGD)Observed dateAug 10Jan 5May 10Aug 10 - SGD 169 - Scotch Whisky Auctions - Aug 10, 2025Oct 6 - SGD 170 - Whisky Auctioneer - Oct 6, 2025Jan 5 - SGD 181 - Whisky Auctioneer - Jan 5, 2026May 10 - SGD 119 - Scotch Whisky Auctions - May 10, 2026

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Scotch Whisky AuctionsAuction Sold Price - May 10, 2026SGD 119.07
Whisky AuctioneerAuction Sold Price - Jan 5, 2026SGD 181.15
Whisky AuctioneerAuction Sold Price - Oct 6, 2025SGD 169.80
Cask type
Heavily Charred American Oak Cask
Bottling
Official Bottling
Peated
Unpeated
Single cask
No
Non-chill filtered
N.A
Cask origin
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Cask no.
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Batch
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PPM
N.A
Barley
N.A
Fermentation
N.A
Master distiller (bottling)
N.A
Master distiller (distillation)
N.A
Limited edition
No
Bottle count
N.A
Has box
N.A
Closure
N.A
Presentation
N.A
Series highlights
The Black Whisky
Historical context
N.A
Special release
European Market
Allocation
European Market
Nose
Strong espresso, coffee cake with walnut and treacle toffee, musty, medicinal, overripe bananas, burnt sugar, soy sauce.
Palate
Bitter coffee, burnt toast, roasted nuts, artificial meaty undertone, rotten fruit, plastic, rubber, black licorice, burnt demerara sugar.
Finish
Short, quickly drying, heavily charred oak, black licorice, burning rubber, burnt toffee, spent coffee grains, roofing tar.
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