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Littlemill 27
Year Old 2017 Private Cellar Edition, a
rare official distillery bottling from
the closed lowland distillery.
Littlemill
distillery was established back in 1772,
and up until 1994 when production
stopped, the distillery certainly had a
legitimate claim to being the oldest
operating distillery in Scotland, sadly
the Lowland distillery was destroyed by
fire in 2004.
The Loch Lomond Distillery Company,
owners of the closed Littlemill distillery, have
just unveiled a limited release
Littlemill 27 Year Old 2017 Private
Cellar Edition expression. It is the
creation of Michael Henry, Master
Blender at the Loch Lomond Distillery
company, Michael selected eight casks
from 1990 which he says "pays homage to
the true Littlemill distillery
character; creating a lighter, floral
spirit, reminiscent of the triple
distillation of the Duncan Thomas era,
although it was produced in the double
distillation era of the distillery.
They tell me that the Littlemill 2017
Private Cellar Edition has been crafted
from casks with the strongest floral
character and subtle wood notes from
distillations between 11th and 19th May
1990. The casks were filled at 68.8%
strength, allowing them to retain more
of the distillery character throughout
the maturation in refill bourbon
barrels. Ageing in refill bourbon
barrels gave a softer wood influence and
once selected the casks were married in
fresh bourbon barrels for 12 months
before bottling.
The Littlemill 27 Year Old 2017 Private
Cellar Edition is a limited release of
500 bottles, bottled at 51.3% ABV in an
opulent numbered decanter and presented
in a luxurious case which also features
a unique piece of Littlemill cask used
to mature this rare malt, as well as a
miniature of the precious whisky itself.
As
you can imagine the
Littlemill 27 Year Old 2017 Private
Cellar Edition is for those of you with deep
pockets and will set you back around
£2,250, you will find it available from
specialist online whisky shops such as
The Whisky Exchange &
Master of Malt
Being a Lowland distillery and given the
style of whisky it produced it has never
quite got the attention from whisky
enthusiasts and collectors that other
closed distilleries have received, such
as Brora and Port Ellen but it hasn't
been closed as long as those. Given the
ever increasing interest in all Scotch
Malt Whisky, collectors are now
beginning to take an interest in
Littlemill so prices are sure to rise.
The Littlemill 27 Year Old is certainly
priced for collectors or whisky drinkers
with deep pockets but if you fancy
trying some Littlemill before the prices
get out of your reach then have a look
at
The Whisky Exchange who currently
have a few bottles distilled around the
same time as the
2017 Private Cellar Edition
but starting from £300.
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