Sheep Dip 8 Year Old Highland Blended Malt Scotch Whisky (1980s) 5.6cl Miniature

An older miniature of sheep dip whisky with an obscure quantity of liquid by 56ml. Not 50ml but an extra 6ml was the difference who knows why. Maybe miniature bottle size availability or just being odd. Who will ever know....

Sheep Dip always claimed that some of the whisky used in their blended malt is up to 20 years of age. 

About Sheep Dip

Quaintly-named blended malt now owned by Ian Macleod Distillers.

One of the quaintest-named brands in the business, Sheep Dip’s origins lie in the West Country of England but it quickly found its way back over the border into Scottish ownership.

Sheep Dip, thankfully, tastes nothing like sheep dip. Its moniker was selected to ensure West Country farmers could put invoices for cases of it through their books without their accountants noticing. Allegedly.

The recipe of 16 Highland and Speyside malts is said to have stayed the same since its inception, and although it doesn’t carry an age statement, it’s claimed the malts used are up to 20 years old. Despite the use of mature whiskies, Sheep Dip is still a sprightly blended malt, with a floral nose and malty, warming character.

Brand extensions have so far included Sheep Dip Islay, 1999 Amoroso Oloroso and 1990 Old Hebridean variations.

Today the US is one of the brand’s biggest markets. Together with its brand partner Pig’s Nose, it commands sales of 40,000 cases a year.

40% ABV

56ml / 5.6cl