LBD Spirits Strathmill 2015

Notes from the Bottlers:

Sometimes you don’t know what you’ve got until it’s gone. Strathmill, tucked away at the side of the road in Keith, it might seem pretty anonymous. There do seem to be a lot of rumours about the distillery being largely mothballed locally despite its importance in the J&B recipe.
Anyway, focusing on the distillate, we chose to bottle this cask because it’s just wonderfully rounded. An LBD style of sherry rather than a full on smack  about the chops; it’s well integrated, clean and very drinkable.
An American oak, cream sherry hogshead making for a more subtle style of sherry and something we are really into.

The label is a nod to the pied wagtail of the F&F series, whiskies that really brought many whisky drinkers their first tastes of some classic distillates as single malts. We didn’t feel brave enough to use our LBD J&B logo that we mocked up, but maybe if you see us we’ll scribble it on a napkin for you!

Filled – 07/04/2015
Bottled – 21/07/2026
Non-chill filtered with no added colour and bottled at cask strength.
Only 286 bottles were produced.

COLOUR
Haribo peach sweets

NOSE
Old oak furniture, rowan jelly, Grand Marnier

PALATE
Custard doughnut, pink grapefruit, port glaze

FINISH
Sancerre, pear soda, mace.

ABV 54.6%