Scotland, Lowlands. Distillery closed. Owner: Loch Lomond Group

Closed in 1994 and ravaged by fire in 2004, Littlemill's most prosperous years - compared to the period that followed - ran until the end of the 1990s.Despite the evident young age of the classic versions released by the distillery, ranging from 5 to 8 years, some vintages interspersed the 80s and 90s, including a 1964 and a 1975 vintage presented in a stocky, green bottle (1990s). These were accompanied by two very rare 30 year old versions released at the very start of the 1980s (distilled in the early 50s), including one limited to 87 decanters worldwide produced for the Italian importer F&G Bruino, with an ABV of 38.5%.

A 20 year old Littlemill single cask hogshead (#44) distilled in 1992 and bottled in 2012. Archives is an independent bottler created by Whiskybase, a collaborative whisky database founded in the Netherlands by Menno Bijmolt in 2007. In 2011, he teamed up with Cees Jan Van Dijk to open a store in Rotterdam focused on independent bottlings. Noting the keen interest in whisky in the Netherlands and a dearth of local supply, Archives was created in the same year with an inaugural bottling of Strathmill 1974. This is a limited edition of 339 bottles.