Notes from the guys at Little Brown Dog

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The second time we’ve bottled a Caol Ila, one of the most versatile and easy to please distillates in our opinion. Suits so many cask styles, can take a load of wood or we could even drink it straight off the still. We prefer our Caol Ila fairly fresh to preserve that bright peat profile, bottled a couple of months away from its 14th birthday from a single refill butt.

Why we bottled this – Wonderfully oxidised, superb balance, thoroughly elegant Islay loveliness, just what we want from a peaty maritime dram, the label – The last Caol Ila we had a lobster painting, we wanted to continue that maritime, briny, umami thing and couldn’t find a pretty enough picture of a sea urchin that worked, so here’s a rather fetching hand coloured etching of kelp, a crab and cheeky wee prawn by J. F. Schreiber from 1876."

ABV STRENGTH 55.7

AGE 13

BOTTLER Little Brown Dog

BOTTLE SIZE 70cl

BOTTLING DATE 12022026

COUNTRY Scotland

DISTILLERY Caol Ila

NO OF BOTTLES 332

REGION Islay