English Whisky Distilleries are popping up in some of the nicest most picturesque areas of England like the Lake District and the Cotswolds. Ludlow is easily one of the prettiest historic towns in England with a massive castle and medieval town centre - now there is a distillery there it's a perfect day trip. This edition is matured in both ex-Bourbon casks and ex-single malt Scottish whisky casks before being finished in an Oloroso sherry cask. It also utilises purified water from the Welsh marches.
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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