Little Brown Dog Speyside 16 Year Old
Key Facts About This Scotch
Bottler: Little Brown Dog
Distillery: Speyside Distillery
Region: Speyside, Scotland
Age: 16 years old
Distilled: 25/06/2009
Bottled: 13/02/2026
Spirit: Single malt scotch whisky
Cask Type: Single sherry hogshead
Alcohol by Volume: Cask strength, 54.2%
Bottled: Natural colour and without chill filtration
Outturn: 317 bottles
Bottle Size: 700ml
Speyside Distillery 16 Year Tasting Notes
Colour: Cedar wood.
Nose: Pomegranate, paprika, fresh box of Crayola.
Palate: Red currant, artichoke, Sancerre.
Finish: Lakrids and fizz wizz popping candy.
About this Little Brown Dog release
This Speyside Distillery 16 Year Old from Little Brown Dog leans into both the charm and the ambiguity of its origin - a whisky that playfully acknowledges the confusion around its name while delivering a distinctive and characterful dram.
Distilled on 25 June 2009 and bottled on 13 February 2026, this single malt was matured in a single sherry hogshead, developing a bright, expressive profile over 16 years. The Speyside Distillery in Kingussie has long been something of an outlier - lesser known than many of its neighbours, and currently in transition, with the original site dismantled and a new chapter under construction. Releases like this offer a snapshot of that legacy, capturing spirit from a distillery that feels both historic and quietly elusive.
The maturation in sherry wood has been handled with restraint. Rather than heavy, dense sweetness, the cask brings a more lifted, slightly unconventional profile, one that complements the spirit’s natural brightness and adds intrigue rather than weight. This is very much in keeping with Little Brown Dog’s style: character-first, slightly offbeat, and always engaging.
On the nose, the whisky opens with pomegranate and paprika, alongside an unexpected waxy note reminiscent of a fresh box of crayons; playful, but also indicative of underlying texture. The palate continues in that slightly unconventional vein, with redcurrants and a subtle vegetal edge, before opening into a more mineral, wine-like character that brings to mind Sancerre. The finish is where it really stands out, with liquorice (lakrids) and a nostalgic burst of fizzing candy adding lift and energy to the final moments.
Bottled at cask strength (54.2% ABV), with natural colour and without chill filtration, this is a whisky that embraces individuality. With an outturn of 317 bottles, it offers something a little different: a Speyside malt that steps outside the expected profile and rewards drinkers who enjoy complexity, curiosity, and a touch of personality in their dram.
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