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Aberlour 2014 - Single Cask

Not our typical style when it comes to sherry, but we are having fun with these active sherry casks and this is a big old oloroso monster. Aberlour for us really suits sherry. We fondly remember the early batches of A’bunadh and this hit similarly. Is it nuanced and balanced, errrr maybe not, but does it scratch the sherry bomb itch and provide a rich drinking experience? In spades.

Colour – Filter coffee

Nose – Black cherry jam, cacao, pencil case

Palate – Dark chocolate Brazil nuts, boozy clootie dumpling

Finish – Hot honey, coffee cake

Burnadjacent 1989

Whiskies like this are what drew us further down the rabbit hole of whisky, the pursuit of well aged malts where something tropically magical happens after 30+ years. You can’t cheat whisky like this with wood, there is no short cut, you need time and a cask that does not overtake the spirit before these reactions can occur. It is a genuine privilege to be able to share whiskies like this with our friends.

Colour – Blushing grapefruit skin

Nose – Kiwi, mandarin, really old book shop

Palate – Peach ice tea, fresh mango with lime

Finish – Pecan pie, sea salt and really good olive oil

Orkney 2001

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Orkney 2001

This is a vatting of two refill hogsheads, sister casks with low fill levels. Low fill levels aren’t great for yield, but they do make magnificently oxidised whisky. We know we’re preaching to the converted here, but refill wood really gave this spirit the space and time it needed to get to this point. We think good refill wood is one of the things that really separates Scotch whisky from the world whiskies, allowing for longer maturation times without the spirit being dominated by wood. This whisky is all about texture and layering, a wonderfully oily spirit, that builds and coats with each sip.

Colour – Polished buttons

Nose – Salted caramel, apple skins, petrichor

Palate – Raspberry ripple ice cream, mother’s pride plain loaf, grilled red peppers

Finish – Smoked Almonds and quince jelly

Petit Chien Brun - Single Cask Calvados

A single cash, cask strength, 14 year old Calvados.

Colour – Autumn Leaf

Nose – Creme Caramel, Cranberry Sauce, Health Food Shop

Palate – Wild Lingonberries, Dulce de Leche, Apple Pie (obviously)

Finish – Dark Marmalade, Green Chillies, Liquorice Allsorts (the pink and blue bobbly ones).

Bruichladdich 2003 Single Cask - Aged 22 Years

SINGLE MALT SCOTCH WHISKY

Bruichladdich 2003 Single Cask - Aged 22 Years

Single Cask – Bourbon Barrel

Colour – Autumn pear

Nose – Haylage, apricot yoghurt, candied peels in syrup

Palate – Thick custard, date paste, lemon curd

Finish – Super long delight, Chablis, honeydew melon

Cask strength, natural colour and never chill filtered.

All Campbeltown Mega Blend

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All Campbeltown Mega Blend

Just what we wanted from an all Campbeltown expression, oily, viscous, mouth coating whisky.

Dunnage funk, a little salinity and a finish that lasts as long as the bus ride back to Glasgow.

Natural colour, non chill filtered and cask strength

Secret* Highland 2011 - Aged 14 Years

SINGLE MALT SCOTCH WHISKY

Secret* Highland 2011 - Aged 14 Years

Colour – Polished Trumpet

Nose – Old furniture, bees wax, kiwi

Palate – Light honey, Sancerre, green grapes

Finish – Gooseberry jam, sea salt, pink grapefruit

Cask strength, natural colour and non chill filtered.

Aberdeenshire Foraged Gin - Bennachie Edition

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Aberdeenshire Foraged Gin - Bennachie Edition

A special edition of our Aberdeenshire Foraged Gin to help raise funds for the Bailies of Bennachie.

Our usual gin takes a year of foraging and growing to produce. This Autumn Edition focuses on one season, with all of the foraging occurring during October 2025. We wanted to create a style of gin for the colder months, with rich fruity notes and gentle warming spice for fireside G&Ts and maybe a wee hipflask nip for a day in the hills!

With sweet red fruit notes from the berries and rose hips, silky texture from the hazelnuts and a stunning apricot profile from those gorgeous chanterelles.

Speyside 2009 Single Sherry Hogshead

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Speyside 2009 Single Sherry Hogshead

A bright sipping, sweet Speysider with a fascinating nose.

Colour – Cedar Wood

Nose – Pomegranate, paprika, fresh box of Crayola

Palate – Red currant, artichoke, Sancerre

Finish – Lakrids and fizz wizz popping candy.

Natural colour, non chill filtered and cask strength

Ardlair 2014 - Cognac Cask Finish

SINGLE MALT SCOTCH WHISKY

Ardlair 2014 - Cognac Cask Finish

Colour – Beeswax Nose – Muscovado, glazed carrots, fruits of the forest yoghurt.

Palate – Apricot jam, spiced pear, extra virgin olive oil.

Finish – Green tea, thyme and lime.

Cask strength, natural colour and non chill filtered.

Caol Ila 2021 Single Cask

SINGLE MALT SCOTCH WHISKY

Caol Ila 2021 Single Cask

The second time we’ve bottled a Caol Ila.

Cask Strength, natural colour, non chill filtered.

Nose – Unscented candles, malt barn, driftwood bonfire

Palate – Roasted almonds, urchin uni, filthy martini

Finish – gorse, bright, salty peat.

Super Secret* Speyside 2008

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Super Secret* Speyside 2008

Single Bourbon Cask

Colour – Brass Spirit Safe

Nose – Toasted brioche, blossom honey, mango sorbet

Palate – Pink Grapefruit, cress, plum chutney

Finish – White chocolate & lemon balm

Longmorn 2014 - Single Cask Aged 11 Years

1st Fill Bourbon Cask

Nose – Buttermilk, limoncello, bee pollen

Palate – Pear sorbet, raspberry slush puppy, Normandy butter.

Finish – Aberdeenshire buttery with chilli jam

Cask strength, natural colour and non chill filtered.

Braeval 2010 Single Cask - White Port Barrique

SINGLE MALT SCOTCH WHISKY

Braeval 2010 Single Cask - White Port Barrique

Full maturation white port barrique from a lesser seen Speyside distillery.

Cask Strength, natural colour, non chill filtered.

Nose – Honeydew melon, clear gummy bears, fresh hay.

Palate – Green apple skins, tarte au poir, quince jelly.

Finish – White burgundy and the good milk chocolate that you don’t share.

The opportunity to present full maturation white port casks from any distillery does not come up very often, so we had to do it!

Secret Highland 2011 - Aged 14 years

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Secret Highland 2011 - Aged 14 years

Colour – Polished Trumpet

Nose – Old furniture, bees wax, kiwi

Palate – Light honey, Sancerre, green grapes

Finish – Gooseberry jam, sea salt, pink grapefruit

Bruichladdich 2003 Single Cask - Aged 22 years

Colour – Autumn pear

Nose – Haylage, apricot yoghurt, candied peels in syrup

Palate – Thick custard, date paste, lemon curd

Finish – Super long delight, Chablis, honeydew melon

Aberdeenshire Single Malt - Pre Production Preview

Distinct in style from and OB Glen Garioch this will become our signature single malt and help bring what we do at LBD to a wider audience.

Ben Nevis 1999 - Single Cask

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Ben Nevis 1999 - Single Cask

Pineapple cubes, French fancies and grape soda on the nose, pineapple tarts and flaky pastry with a wee touch of nutmeg on the finish

All Campbeltown Mega Blend

Just what we wanted from an all Campbeltown expression, oily, viscous, mouth coating whisky. Dunnage funk, a little salinity and a finish that lasts as long as the bus ride back to Glasgow.

Wee Mongrel – Batch Four

Colour – How we like our tea before you add the milk.
Nose – Soreen malt loaf, bramble jam, old leather.
Palate – Dark chocolate dipped boozy black cherries with toasted hazelnuts.
Finish – Super long, gentle spice, waves of sherry.

Strathclyde 1994 - Aged 30 Years

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Strathclyde 1994 - Aged 30 Years

An absolutely magnificent 30 year old grain

Colour: Dessert Wine

Nose: Café Noir Biscuits, brandy butter, quince

Palate: Milk chocolate, marshmallow, biscuit, wait a minute…..

Finish: cape gooseberries, honey, salted pecans

Glen Elgin 2012 - Aged 13 years

Our 3rd rally car inspired label we’ve gone for our very own 1993 BMW M3
Nose: Sweet cicely, coriander seed, bramble jelly
Palate: Jam roly poly, alpine strawberries, cola cubes
Finish: Sorrel, lemon zest, Jägermeister

Ardmore 2013 - Aged 11 Years

Colour: Glacé ginger
Nose: Peaches (from a can, put there by a man), smouldering hay, Castrol R
Palate: Proper baguette, smoked sea salt butter, roast pineapple
Finish: Big oily peat, lasts forever

Glen Garioch 2014 - Aged 10 Years

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Glen Garioch 2014 - Aged 10 Years

Label design is a photo we took from Old Meldrum looking over towards Bennachie one misty evening

Colour – Bright Gold
Nose – Pear tarte, kiwi, baked apple
Palate – Tinned pineapple, honeydew melon, rhubarb crumble
Finish – Crème anglaise, conference pear, white pepper

Dailuaine 2009 - Aged 16 years

Label represents the old Dailuaine Locomotive that would have served the Speyside railway
Colour – Barley Straw
Nose – Lychee, petrichor, surprise peat
Palate – Limoncello, peanut butter, seaweed
Finish – Turmeric, sea salt, last night’s beach bonfire

North British 1992 - Aged 32 Years

The label design represents the Forth Rail Bridge as it is in close proximity to the North British Distillery
Colour – Polished Brass
Nose – Gooseberry, red current, pencil case
Palate – Salted caramel, custard creams, Muscadet grapes
Finish – Winter spiced poached pear and clotted cream

Glasgow 2017 - Aged 17 Years

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Glasgow 2017 - Aged 17 Years

The label is a tribute to the greatest ever music venue, the Barrowland Ballroom

Colour – Tonic Wine

Nose – Leather, brambles, autumn leaves.

Palate – Black cherries, salted dark chocolate, Margeaux

Finish – Gunpowder tea and green chilli

Tamnavullin 2010 - Aged 14 Years

The label is Barbie pink to celebrate how fabulously pink the whisky is
Colour – Côte de Provence Rosé
Nose – pomegranate, Turkish delight, fennel seed
Palate – Red grapes, Haribo strawberries, spiced oranges
Finish – pink grapefruit, stewed rhubarb, white pepper

Highland Park 2014 - Aged 10 years

Label is a random pattern as this was a random cask
Colour -Plum Jam
Nose – Chopped dates, woodshed, dunnage warehouse
Palate – Fresh fig, candied peel, fine funky peat.
Finish – Cinnamon, last night’s bonfire

Very Secret Speyside 1998 - Aged 26 Years

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Very Secret Speyside 1998 - Aged 26 Years

Colour – fools gold
Nose – Beaumes de Venise, candy floss, bounty bars
Palate – Crème brulé, poached pears and grand cru Malibu if such a thing were to exist
Finish – Toasted coconut and fizz wizz popping candy
Label, a bit of celebratory bling for some rather special whisky and about as close as we get to a fancy bottle

Early Landed Late Bottled French Brandy - 30 years

Colour – exactly like a Grande Champagne Cognac, weird
Nose – Sirop de Liège, lichen, antique shop
Palate – caramelised pineapple, apricot tarte, buttery pastry
Finish – Highland toffee sprinkled with Christmas spice
Label – don’t think we’d done purple yet, fancied a purple label

Kyrö Malted Rye Finnish Whisky

Cognac Cask

Kyrö Malted Rye Finnish Whisky

Cognac Cask
Colour – 1990s wooden furniture
Nose – Green grapes, modelling clay, petrichor
Palate – good filter coffee, walnuts, chocolate raisins
Finish – freshly grated nutmeg, cognac, long, warm and luxurious.

Glenwyvis 2019

Cognac Cask

Glenwyvis 2019

Full Maturation Madeira Cask
Colour – Strawberry wine
Nose – Apricot, cidre (not cider) and pecans
Palate – Strawberry tart, panforte, Ethiopian coffee beans
Finish – Sweet angelica and English mustard

Royal Brackla 2011

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Royal Brackla 2011

Single Sherry Cask
Colour – Maple Syrup
Nose – pencil case, sweet aged balsamic, cherry lips
Palate – Jamaican ginger loaf, medjool dates, pipe tobacco
Finish – cardamon cookies and glace ginger

Drookit Dug 2.0

A mixture of malt and grain, first and second fill bourbon and sherry casks. We even bunged in a little 40 year old grain because we were having fun and got carried away.
Honey on buttered toast, fresh, elegant and unpretentious

Caol Ila 2014

Single refill Oloroso hogshead
Nose – At the risk of coming across a bit SMWS…. Taking a big deep huff of sea air, on the beach with a smoldering bonfire.
Palate – Lapsang souchong with lemon, bog myrtle, is there such a thing as smoked figs?
Finish – Elegant, long pepper

Glentauchers 2013

Pineau des Charentes Cask Finish

Glentauchers 2013

Pineau des Charentes Cask Finish
Colour – Haribo peach sweets that melted on your car dashboard
Nose – Apricot jam on buttered wholegrain toast.
Palate – Peach cobbler, the expensive ice-cream where you see the wee black dots of vanilla in it, white tea.
Finish – well done creme brulee, tinned peach juice, rye spices.

Glenburgie 2014

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Glenburgie 2014

Armagnac Cask Finish
Colour – Barley Straw
Nose – Ice wine, creamy fudge, orange blossom
Palate – Green apples, pastel de nata, walnuts
Finish – white pepper and a whisp of sage

Wee Mongrel Batch 3

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Wee Mongrel Batch 3

Label is an original artwork by local artist Katie Watson as on the previous releases but in a fetching orange
Colour – Prune Juice
Nose – There’s a certain Edrington-y-ness to it perhaps, total guess of course….
Raspberry Jam, panettone, nutmeg
Palate – whisky and sherry, you know, I think this could catch on
Dark cherries, dark chocolate, light tobacco
Finish – red fruit tea

Glen Elgin 2009

The label depicts vineyards at sunset
Colour – Mulled Cider
Nose – Panettone, warm buttered pancakes, gooseberry jam
Palate – Bread and butter pudding, custard and campino sweets
Finish – Star fruit, gingerbread and yellow chartreuse

Drookit Dug 1.0 - Blended Scotch 2011

The little brother of well loved Wee Mongrel
Colour – Vimto (the less cheeky kind)
Nose – Marmalade, bay leaves and candy floss
Palate – Bread and butter pudding, Alpine strawberries and Turkish Delight
Finish – Hot chocolate with marshmallows on toasting sticks

Wee Mongrel Rum - Maple Syrup Casks

Start with good rum, aged 8 to 15 years in refill bourbon barrels, from Panama, Venezuela and the Dominican Republic. Then a further 8 months in the maple syrup casks

LBD Extra Value - unnaMed Speyside 2010

A plain white label, as the contents do all the work.
Pedro Ximenez Sherry Finish
Colour – Cold Brew Arabica
Nose – Kirsch chocolate liqueurs, plums and honeysuckle
Palate – Clootie dumpling, cashew nuts and Ethiopian coffee
Finish – Orange zest, cognac and nutmeg

Chain Pier 2019 - LBD Exclusive

Chain Pier was a small distillery in Edinburgh and the first single malt to be produced in the city for almost a century. Only 52 bottles, the smallest release we’ve produced to date and almost certainly one of the rarest whiskies we’ll ever get our hands on.

#Project NEGRONIDEFINITIVO

Our silky, rich, Aberdeenshire Foraged Gin, matured for 7 months in a sweet vermouth cask, to create THE BEST GIN FOR A NEGRONI EVER!
Intense, complex and luxuriously intricate gin.
Meticulously constructed with the aim of turning your negroni up to 11

Jamaican Rum Single Cask 15 Year Old

5 distillates, one mighty good rum
Colour – Heather honey
Nose – Star fruit, muscat grapes, caramelised bananas
Palate – Gooseberry fool, lime zest, thyme
Finish – pomegranate, sponge fingers and all spice

2012 Dalrymple - Single Cask

Colour – Pepsi
Nose – Obvious sherry bomb so difficult to be original with the tasing notes here! Raisins, dark chocolate, cognac
Palate – Soreen malt loaf, tinned prunes, fresh figs
Finish – cinnamon rolls

Arran 2009 St Emilion Barrique

Colour – Maple Syrup
Nose – Plum jam, raspberry jelly, embers of a doused fire
Palate – Barbecued pineapple, chocolate digestives, lucky tatties
Finish – Signature Arran white pepper and light surprise peat

Nc’nean 2017 STR cask

What is an STR cask? Shaved, toasted and recharred
Colour – 1978 Mini Clubman
Nose – Cranberry sauce, marshmallow, geranium
Palate – Birch syrup, nectarine, unsalted butter
Finish – Wild raspberries and thick jersey cream

Mannochmore 2009 PX Finish

Colour – Ripe rye in the field
Nose – Cherry lips, honeydew melon, almond thins
Palate – Kiwi fruit, green grapes, dark marmalade
Finish – Orange zest, nutmeg and Szechuan pepper

Benrinnes 2012 Aged 10 Years

From one of our absolute favourite Speyside distilleries, this single cask Benrinnes was filled on 09/01/2012 into a refill (but seemingly still pretty active) Oloroso hogshead. We bottled it on 24/02/2023.
The label represents the iconic red chimney, so prominent in the Speyside landscape
Nose – Custard, tinned stewed strawberries and cedar
Palate – Clootie dumpling, dried papaya and red laces
Finish – Pink grapefruit, cinnamon and jasmine tea

Wee Mongrel - Blended Rum Batch One

A blend of Rums from Venezuela, Panama and the Dominican Republic aged for a minimum of 8 years. A new addition to our core range. Natural colour, non chill filtered and bottled at 48% vol. Where all of the flavour derived from fermentation, distillation and maturation

Calvados 2016 White Port Cask

Distilled at the idyllic Christian Drouin distillery in Normandy
Colour – Avocado oil
Nose – Slivovitz, soor plooms, caraway seeds
Palate – Toffee apple, chilled Chablis, runny honey
Finish – Gentle saline, green apples, cinnamon grahams

Port Charlotte - 2004 Aged 18years

Filled 06/07/2004 – bottled 08/12/2022
Colour – Good Straw
Nose – Juicy fruit, second hand bookshop, smouldering embers
Palate – Real honeycomb, pink grapefruit and nori
Finish – Sweet hay, lindi pepper, smoked paprika

Ardnamurchan (peated) - 2015 Single Sherry Cask

Distilled October 2015, bottled December 2022
Our 1st over 70cl bottle
Colour – Moray Cup
Nose – peanut brittle, spiced plums and pipe tobacco
Palate – crunchy nut cornflakes, lychees and toasted marshmallow
Finish – sweet chilli sauce and soft peat smoke

Wee Mongrel Batch 2 - 19 Years

Aged for over 19 years, this blended Scotch spent the first 18 years in an Oloroso sherry butt, then was split into two fresh Pedro Ximinez hogsheads for another 9 months to make this the richest, juiciest Wee Mongrel yet

#projectStovies - Gin Experimental Series

Carrots, neeps and beetroot grown by Marshall’s, and oats from the field beside the distillery grown by us, have been distilled with roasted juniper and black pepper, because you can’t have stovies without a side of beetroot and oatcakes.

Unexpected - Dandelion Project Gin

A true collaboration with Cove Park and Cove Sailing Club as part of the UNEXPECTED gardens of the Dandelion Project Scotland.

Rock samphire, oyster leaf and sea kale from the garden. Rowan buds and saccharina sugar kelp from the shore. All seasoned with a pinch of sea salt before distillation.

Foursquare 2011 Barbados Rum

No sugar, no spice, only rum (that is nice)
Colour – Maple Syrup
Nose – Golden syrup, tinned mandarins and bourbon
Palate – Demerara sugar, cinnamon grahams and custard donuts
Finish – Salted caramel, clove and hipster beard oil

1992 North British Single Grain

Grain whisky as it should be, old and unmucked about with.
Tasting Notes
Nose – Banana Bread and custard. Pencil case.
Palate – Melted unsalted butter, Werther’s Originals, pineapple jam.
Finish – Conference pears and Haribo.

Tormore 2009

Label represents the topiary that helps make the pearl of Speyside even more picturesque.
Colour: Rooibos tea
Nose: candy floss, brambles and aged balsamic.
Palate: Blackcurrants, sugared almonds and spearmint.
Finish: More blackcurrants with chilli dark chocolate.

Ardmore 2009

Based on the livery of the 1995 Championship winning car, L555BAT.
Nose: Tinned peaches, red grapes and coal tar.
Palate: Smooth Christmas cake…ha ha, only joking, we don’t do tasting notes like that.. Dark marmalade, nutmeg and dates.
Finish: Cinnamon and smoked almonds.

Linkwood 2008

Filled 10/06/08 – Disgorged 07/07/21

50cl 54.5% abv

Colour – Castrol R

Nose – melon, soor plooms, gooseberry fool

Palate – bonne maman rhubarb jam, antique shop, pruneaux

Finish – stem ginger syrup, grape nerds and black pepper

Calvados 2007

Petit Chein Brun – Part Deux
Distilled by Christian Drouin in Normandy and matured for 14 years in an ex Mars Japanese Whisky Cask.
Colour – Autumn Leaf
Nose – Creme Caramel, Cranberry Sauce, Health Food Shop
Palate – Wild Lingonberries, Dulce de Leche, Apple Pie (obviously)
Finish – Dark Marmalade, Green Chillies, Liquorice Allsorts (the pink and blue bobbly ones).

#projectQUERCUSACER

This gin was distilled using our standard LBD GIN recipe and then matured for a minimum of 6 months in the maple syrup cask.
Nose – Pancakes and maple syrup with a side of freshly squeezed grapefruit juice.
Palate – Lemon, juniper and gingerbread.
Finish – delayed action maple syrup, then more syrup, very long.

Wee Mongrel Batch One

Batch One was aged 20 years and matured in a single sherry butt.

Fruity, rich, spicy goodness.

Nose – fresh fig, dunnage, sugar mice

Palate – plums, cranberry sauce, stem ginger, freshly brewed coffee

Finish – long, veeerrrrrryyy looooonnnngggg. Gentle warming spice.

LBD GIN - Latitude Strength

Best Navy Strength Scottish Gin – Gin Cooperative Awards 2023

Nose: Lemon tango slap from the 90s while inhaling deep breaths of forest. All the petrichor.

Palate: Candied nasturtium petals, grapefruit segments and sherbert dib dab, washed down with herbal tea.

Finish: Rocket, white pepper and lemon dressing.

Key Botanicals: Wood sorrel, beech leaf, parsnip and birch sap. Oh yeah and juniper, lots of it.

Li'l Brown Dawg Indiana Rye Whiskey 2017

Non-chill filtered, natural colour, cask strength.

Colour – sticky toffee pudding

Nose –pain d’épice, modelling clay, sawn oak

Palate – yams, lantern fruit, marron glacé

Finish – clove oil, pink grapefruit

Arran 2011 Single Cask

First Fill Bourbon Cask

Cask Strength, natural colour, non chill filtered.
This whisky has only been lightly filtered so there may be some fine cask sediment present.

Nose – Pineapple, nectarines and candyfloss

Palate – Juicy fruit bomb. Peach cobbler and butterscotch

Finish – Characteristic Arran white pepper and praline

Our first single cask release always had to be an Arran.

Liten Brun Hund Mackmyra 2008

Virgin American Oak Cask

Nose – Peach melba ice cream, pencil shavings, fresh juniper.

Palate – Salted caramel, pineapple salsa, like a Swedish bourbon.

Finish – Chilli chocolate, the proper fancy stuff.

Petit Chien Brun ELLB French Brandy 1993

Single Cask

Colour – Cola at night

Nose – Fruit market in an antique shop

Palate – Jam tarte, frozen grapes, poached pear

Finish – Toffee apples, popping candy, dark roast espresso