Little Brown Dog Ben Nevis 26 Year Old

Name: Little Brown Dog Ben Nevis 26 Year Old
Brand: Little Brown Dog
SKU: LBD-BEN-26-505
Price: 194.95 GBP
Availability: OutOfStock

£194.95

Key Facts About This Scotch

Bottler: Little Brown Dog

Distillery: Ben Nevis

Region: Highlands, Scotland

Age: 26 years old

Distilled: 24/06/1999

Bottled: 30/06/2025

Spirit: Single malt scotch whisky

Cask Type: Single cask, second fill bourbon hogshead

Alcohol by Volume: Cask strength, 50.5%

Bottled: Natural colour and without chill filtration

Outturn: 220 bottles

Bottle Size: 700ml

Ben Nevis 26 Year Old Tasting Notes

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

About this Little Brown Dog whisky

All of Little Brown Dog's releases are special. It’s just some are even more special. And this particular release falls into the category of super extra special.

Filled on the 24th of June 1999 into a second fill bourbon hogshead, its easy to imagine that day there was probably some guy wandering around the distillery with a floppy disc, checking all the computers were ready for the millennium, maybe. So much has changed in the last 26 years hasn’t it?!

Not a great week for music, Vengaboys were at number one with “Boom boom boom boom”, but Chemical Brothers were still in the top 10 with that absolute banger “Hey boy hey girl” so lets just imagine that was playing on the radio in the filling store instead that day.

Andrew and Chris bottled this on the 30th of June 2025, then sat and waited for labels for weeks. But here it is now.

Cask strength, natural colour, non chill filtered, as you’d expect from Little Brown Dog. An absolutely top notch single cask from one of their favourite distilleries.

What makes this one special, sorry, super extra special, is the balance. Balance is tricky to get with blending, quite difficult with single malt and even more uncommon with single casks. Ben Nevis has such a unique distillate character, it’s here in abundance but beautifully balanced with the wood, rounded by 26 years of maturation, and the chaps are really excited to share it with you.

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

Only 220 bottles from this single cask, sorry there isn’t much to go around.

The label. Andrew and Chris always link the label to a flavour, location or cask type. Well this is a Japanese painting of koi carp. Why? Well for many years, several of the popular “Japanese” whiskies were actually made from Ben Nevis distillate. Yes, Fort William, the gateway to the far east.

Shipping and taxes

Where can you ship?

We're based in the UK, but we can ship to many countries.

We deliver to Australia, Canada (Alberta), Denmark, Finland, Germany, Greece, Guernsey, Hong Kong, Ireland, Japan, Jersey, Luxembourg, Macao, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, UK, US (certain states*), and Vietnam.

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How much is shipping?

Shipping charges are calculated during checkout, depending on where you live and how many bottles you’re buying. It's usually more cost effective to ship two or more bottles, particularly for international orders. The perfect excuse to treat yourself to an extra bottle!

What about taxes?

All alcoholic products sold by TopWhiskies are sold subject to UK alcohol tax, which is already included in the price.

UK sales are subject to VAT (currently 20%), which is included in the price. Sales outside of the UK are not subject to this tax, and international prices do not include it.

We use a specialist US shipper who sorts out US taxes. These costs are factored into the US shipping charges. So shipping may look pricey, but remember it covers your taxes as well, so there'll be no further bills to pay. US Customs takes two to three weeks to complete, after which your parcel will arrive at your door as if it were a normal delivery.

For all other territories, including those in Europe, please note: your order could be subject to local sales taxes and duties upon arrival in the destination country. All additional charges are the responsibility of the recipient. As customs policies vary widely from country to country, TopWhiskies has no control over these charges, so you should contact your local customs office for further information. If you refuse to pay any import duties and taxes, this could result in the goods being destroyed by customs or being returned back to us - any refund offered would include a deduction of our costs.

Which couriers do you use?

In the UK we use Royal Mail, Parcelforce and APC. US orders are sent via UPS. International orders use FedEx and DHL. Orders are despatched from our UK warehouse Mondays to Fridays, excluding public holidays.

Carbon neutral?

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Dr Andrew Smith, Little Brown Dog Spirits

Meet The Founders

Dr Andrew Smith and Chris Reid

Little Brown Dog Spirits was founded by Dr Andrew Smith and Chris Reid. They run an independent bottler and micro-distillery based in rural Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

They take their name from Andrew’s beloved dog, whose nickname was the little brown dog. She followed him everywhere on all his distillery visits and was his constant companion. She passed away in 2022 aged 15 but lives on in spirit. Two more little brown dogs, Winnie and Peedie joined the team in 2020 and 2023.

Chris and Andrew started Little Brown Dog in 2018. Based on Chris’s farm they combine a passion for their surrounding area with in-depth knowledge (read intense geekery!) of distilling and cask maturation.

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