The recent “Whisky Discovery” tasting by Douglas Laing marked a novelty in the company’s 70-plus-year history: This was the first time that the Glasgow-based malt mavens gave their fans the chance to taste a new selection of drams exclusively before the official release. (more…)
Remarkable Malts
Timorous Beastie 25 Years Old (Review)
For twenty-five years,
This Beastie did dwell,
In a wooden cask,
That sheltered him well.
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Scallywag 10yo – Speyside Blended Malt Whisky (Review)
Two years ago, Douglas Laing expanded the core range of The Remarkable Regional Malts. As a follow-up to the regular NAS expressions, the Glasgow-based whisky makers also released permanent 10-year-old versions of Big Peat, Rock Island, Timorous Beastie and Scallywag. (more…)
New in the Wood Series: The Epicurean with Cognac Finish (News)
Last year, Douglas Laing surprised the fans of its signature Lowlands malt, The Epicurean, with a limited edition finished in a single Côte-Rôtie wine cask. Today, the Glasgow-based company announced the follow-up to this sought-after expression, which sold out swiftly (more…)
“Remarkable Regional Malts with a Twist” by Douglas Laing (Review)
For this year’s Burns Night celebrations,
Our little mouse had special plans.
He sent out lots of invitations, (more…)
Big Peat Christmas Edition 2019 & The Gauldrons Batch 05 (Review Flight)
Merry Christmas, dear BarleyMania readers! I hope you all have a good pour put aside for tonight. As in the years before, I will enjoy a dram of Big Peat’s annual Christmas Edition on December 24. After all, the holiest of nights would feel incomplete without a visit from my favorite Ileach. (more…)
“Ho, ho, ho!” – Big Peat Christmas Edition 2019 coming down the chimney this month (News)
Spirit-wise, one of my favorite parts of the festive season is sipping the annual X-mas bottling from Big Peat. This year, Douglas Laing’s bearded Ileach will again delight us with a heavily peated blended malt encompassing some of Islay’s most popular distilleries. (more…)
Rock Island: “Painting a marvelously maritime picture of the whisky islands” (Interview)
Last week, I introduced a trio of Rock Island expressions (namely Regular, 10yo and 21yo) here on my blog. Today, I am happy to dive even deeper in the matter and share with you some first-hand information on the latest developments from the Rock Island camp. (more…)
Rock Island Regular, 10yo and 21yo by Douglas Laing (Review Flight)
The whisky formerly known as Rock Oyster. Back in April, Douglas Laing re-branded the Islands expression of its Remarkable Regional Malt range as Rock Island. What lead to this decision, I do not know – but I will hopefully do so once my planned interview (more…)