Littlemill 1992 17 Year Old Douglas Laing Old Malt Cask

Littlemill 1990 Malts of Scotland for Fulldram

This 20 years old Littlemill 1990 was bottled by Malts of Scotland in the Clubs series to celebrate the 5th Anniversary of the Belgian Fulldram whisky club. On the back label, they explain that they’ve evolved from peat heads to advocates of fruity whisky. Nose: a little closed and grassy at first (were in the Lowlands alright), but it grows...

Score 90/100

Littlemill 15 Year Old 1990 Signatory Vintage

This Littlemill was distilled in 1990 and bottled by Signatory, the company of Andrew Symington, who also owns Edradour. The casks 2983 and 2985 yielded 623 bottles. The nose starts of very softly… grassy, floral and a little dusty. Wet cardboard. A bit waxy as well. Think candle wax. It needs a bit of time for some fruitiness to come out, but...

Score 79/100

Littlemill 25 Year Old Private Cellar Edition

Getting to sample a 25 Year Old from a distillery that shut its doors in 1994 is quite a privilege in itself. Add to that the fact that this one’s a distillery bottling that’s been bottled in 2015 after 25 years of maturation initially in ten American and European oak casks before being married and finished in first-fill Oloroso Sherry casks. This...

Score 89/100

Littlemill 8 Year Old / Bot.1990s

Littlemill always sounds like ‘yes, please’, so when my best friend in Holland was able to secure a sample of an official release from two decades ago, I jumped at the chance, tried to keep my saliva glands in check and got to work. Distilled at the end of the 1980s and bottle in the year that yours truly became a Dad for the first time. By now,...

Score 86/100