Littlemill 12-year-old / 40% / 0.7l
- Littlemill could be a serious contender for the oldest distillery in Scotland. It is highly possible that whisky was distilled on the site in the 14th Century, when the Colquhouns built Dunglas Castle to guard crossing the Clyde.
Product description
Littlemill is one of Scotland's oldest distilleries, with distilling at its site believed to have originated in the 14th century when the Colquhoun clan built Dunglas Castle to control the crossing of the River Clyde.
The distillery's official birth date is 1772, and its long history has seen frequent changes of ownership and production breaks. When the Loch Lomond Distillery Company purchased the idle Littlemill in 1994, we heard of plans to resume distilling on a small scale and set up a whisky museum. Unfortunately, two years later, the distilling equipment was removed and the buildings were gradually demolished. Littlemill 12 years old debuted at the beginning of the new century and was the last relatively widely available official edition from this distillery.
Aroma: sweet cereals, toffee, coconut flakes, oranges, lemons, notes of hay and garden herbs, traces of ginger and oak.
Taste: mild, buttery with light grassy notes, sweet cereals, toffee, caramel, lemon grass, a hint of nuts and ginger.
Finish: medium long, malty and grassy, with a hint of pepper and herbs.