Some casks just sit there. Forgotten in a corner of the warehouse while decades roll by outside. That's what happened to the three casks that finally meet in this bottle - filled in the late 1970s and only woken up when two Scottish bottlers decided to pool their oldest treasures.
Expert's Description
Little Brown Dog x Living Souls 46 Year Old is a Blended Scotch Whisky built from three 1970s single casks and bottled at 41.2%.
The bottle is a collaboration between two of Scotland's newer independent bottlers: Little Brown Dog Spirits from Aberdeenshire and Living Souls from Glasgow. Little Brown Dog contributed a cask of malt from their neighbour Glen Garioch in the Highlands, distilled in 1978, while Living Souls added one cask each from the two closed Lowland grain distilleries Cambus and Carsebridge - both from their own backyard in Stirlingshire. The youngest cask in the blend was filled on 26 March 1979, which makes the whisky 46 years old and, by all accounts, the oldest either bottler has yet put their name to.
The whisky is both non-chill filtered and of natural colour, and the whole journey - distillation, maturation and bottling - took place in Scotland.
Tasting Notes
Nose
Creamy soda and fudge, with a touch of banoffee pie, like stepping into an old-fashioned sweet shop.
Palate
Ripe peach meets a gentle wisp of smoke, while pineapple adds a sweet, tropical counterpoint.
Finish
The pineapple carries all the way through into a long, balanced finish with no rough edges.
Specifications
Name: Little Brown Dog x Living Souls 46 Year Old
Bottler: Little Brown Dog x Living Souls
Region/Country: Scotland
Type: Blended Scotch Whisky
Age: 46 Years
ABV: 41.2%
Size: 70 CL
Non-chill filtered: Yes
Natural colour: Yes
Distilled: 1978-1979
EAN no.: 5061020380867
Flavour Profile
Sweet · Tropical · Lightly Smoky · Fruity
Investment Potential
High. The casks come from two closed Lowland grain distilleries that will never produce again, combined with a rare old Glen Garioch malt and a collaboration between two sought-after boutique bottlers. That particular combination will not come around again.
Did You Know?
The youngest cask in the blend was filled on 26 March 1979 - the same day Egypt and Israel signed their historic peace treaty in Washington.
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