1980s Littlemill 8 Year Old Lowland Malt

Although the distillery has been out of production and in fact demolished for some time now, the legacy of Littlemill still lives on today. As you would expect they are becoming more or a rarity as time goes on, so the 8 year old is a great chance to sample the sweet and spicy caramel taste of years gone by.

This one is to celebrate this poor Littlemill distillery that just went into flames.

Colour: White wine.

Nose: Fresh, fruity and flowery. Very lively, vernal and youthful. Lilac, violet, freshly cut cider apple, not too ripe kiwi, rhubarb… Develops on vanilla and caramel. Amazingly enjoyable!

Mouth: Very nice attack on soft spices and cooked apple. Violet sweets, caramel, vanilla fudge, and some soft tannins. Some praline too, as well as some milk chocolate and a dash of white pepper.

The finish is amazingly long and soft at the same time. I know many much older malts – Littlemills included – that are much less mature than this nice old-young puppy. Excellent!