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Little Brown Dog Kyro 2018


Sale price£64.95

Key Facts About This Whisky

Bottler: Little Brown Dog

Distillery: Kyro

Region: Finland

Distilled: 13/07/2018

Bottled: Disgorged June 2024, bottled 10/07/2024

Spirit: Rye whisky

Cask Type: Single cognac cask

Alcohol by Volume: Cask strength, 53.7%

Bottled: Natural colour and without chill filtration

Outturn: 315 bottles

Bottle Size: 700ml

Kyro 2018 Tasting Notes

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.

About this Little Brown Dog release

Andrew and Chris are fans of whisky generally. Obviously Scotch whiskies. But also world whiskies, and in particular Nordic distilling. So many exciting things happening globally but the Nordic distillers seem to have found a great balance between Scottish traditions and their own distinct identity.

The Kyro warehouses were full of incredible, fascinating casks. They NEARLY brought home a wood smoked rye from a port pipe but it was maybe a little bit too out there. They want to let you try interesting, unusual and most importantly tasty things. This cognac cask malted Finnish rye fitted the brief better, super interesting but in the kind of way that you'll actually want to keep drinking it!

Little Brown Dog Kyro 2018
Little Brown Dog Kyro 2018 Sale price£64.95
Chris Reid, Little Brown Dog Spirits
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.