Littlemill 5yo 40% OB
I'm doing a vertical of some of the less talked about closed distilleries. Starting with this OB from Littlemill, one that rarely amazes me. Straw color, smells spirity, tiger balm, minty, you know the smell when you've rubbed tiger balm on your hands, waxy and minty is the best I can describe it. The taste is sweet with iodine and dark vinegar, it definately got someting to it on the palate, but the finish is just spirity with some restrained acrylic notes.
Not very enjoyable, but fun to see how different a whisky really can get: 5
Littlemill 16yo 1980-1996 46% Murray McDavid The Perfect Dram btl.x/480
I tried this at a bar yesterday. It is a bourbon-matured Littlemill, the now, finally might some say, closed down distillery fairly known for it's variable malts. Strong smell, very strong alcohol notes and some citrus. The taste then is a bit off as I'm getting something similar to the most recent Glen Albyn I tried. With water it becomes a bit more citrussy and herbal as well. The aftertaste then kills it being mainly bitter and soapy, not enjoyable at all.
A poor malt but it has its moment halfway through: 3
Littlemill 18yo 58.5% Cadenhead's
Golden colour, european oak. Heathery, wheat and oak, traditional odors, needs some time to open up. With time, some really nice hints of honey develops. The taste is very intense, lots of honey here as well, cream soap, herbal butter and almonds. This must be one of the best versions of Littlemill, maybe it's a bit like another hard tried malt, Glen Scotia. Best when served at cask strength!
I'll be looking for cask strength Littlemills from now on: 8
Littlemill 20yo 1984-2004 46% Hart Brothers
I believe that Littlemill was the oldest distillery in scotland until it's pretty recent closure. It has a nice and fruity odor, cooked apples, prunes, coconutjuice and bananaflavoured carb shake. The taste is very nice at first, and I'm getting excited, but it finishes on weizenkorn, burnt matches and a horrible, long aftertaste of water with chlorine, the ones you accidently swallow in public baths.
I've heard much bad about this distillery, and I guess some of it is true then.
Not too bad, but far from good: 3.5
Dunglass 5yo 40% OB
Dunglass was a malt from Littlemill Distillery, without standing apart from the Littlemill OB in any way that I know of. It's very pale, short whiff of leather jacket from a second hand shop, pretty futile. Doesn't really taste anything except some diluted applejuice, with no finish at all. If I'd guess I'd say this one is far below 40% abv.
Great if you wanna get drunk in a hurry: 4
Littlemill 40% 8yo OB
Littlemill was until its recent closure Scotlands oldest distillery. It has a sort of tickling and grassy smell of dried grass and wheat flour. Nothing fancy on this one, a bit sweetness, but very uninteresting. Strong alcoholic influence tastewise, dilluting will unfortunately just make it even worse.
won't be missed by many: 2.5
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