Auchroisk distillery (pronounced: Aw-THRUSK) in Speyside is another of the large but little-known blending workhorse distilleries that Diageo forerunners Distillers Company Limited built in the early 1970s to meet a massive anticipated demand for single malt whisky that never really arrived. 

Auchroisk was constructed with modernity in mind, so it has always produced a sweetish, quite balanced, consistent and modern style of whisky. It is also usually a fairly tasty dram, unlike several other of the quiet monoliths.