Speyside Distillery 1993 LsD Distiller’s Art (Langside Distillers)

A Speyside Distillery single malt, selected and bottled by Langside Distillers, a 21 year old Speyside malt from 1993 and bottled at 48%. The outturn was 150 bottles. The Speyside Distillery was painstakingly built by hand before its first spirit in 1990 at Drumguish by the River Tromie; it gave the screen distillery Lagganmore in Monarch of the Glen. Water comes from the River Tromie, drawn through the old mill lade that once turned the waterwheel.

Distilled in two of the smallest pot stills in Scotland under a single roof, giving the delicate, floral spirit at its heart. Ex-Sherry wood added a dried fruit richness to the make. At this age it is rounded and full, the fruit folded into a honeyed, waxy body. A patient maturation suits the soft, fruity Speyside character.

At a natural 48% it is full and fruity. The Oloroso brings dried fruit, fig and a nutty depth, and vanilla and a creamy note from the barrel, with pear, honey and a fragrant lift. The texture is light and rounded, the fruit lifted by honey. Honey and orchard fruit see out a long finish. This is the hand built malt of Drumguish.