In 2018 Compass Box Whisky had a legal fight with a Swedish Distillery called Box Distillery. Box Distillery was built inside an old factory complex and sawmill that made wooden boxes and had a big old sign saying Box AB. I had collected Compass Box Whiskies for about 10 years and stopped after this - I thought it was a bit mean spirited. Box Whisky became High Coast and I occasionally tried their whiskies, This one from early 2021 is the first one that I have bought and is from the Silent Mills Series. This is the stand-out whisky in the series. Its a peated malt that combines first fill bourbon casks with Oloroso Sherry casks.
Some lovely ocean spray and subtle smoke on the nose. More of the ocean than the fire on the nose at least. Sweet upfront and then a little prickly, but beautifully done. Apricot jam which reveals freshly cracked black pepper, that smoothens into cured meats and honey. This dram gives a charcuterie board alongside a cigar. A taster is well worthwhile as this has certainly moved me towards buying a bottle.
I've actually been wanting to taste this so I can make up my mind to buy a bottle. When I found your site and saw it had this I immediately bought some tasting samples and absolutely loved it! Will definitely invest in a bottle
Heard for a while how good Littlemill’s can be. This SMWS 30yo certainly did not disappoint, the nose on this dram was amazing.
It was a flavour packed palete, that certainly stood out as such a fine whisky.
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