Big Peat Douglas Laing Blended Small Batch 46%

Big Peat Douglas Laing Blended Small Batch 46%

Big Peat from Douglas Laing, is a Blended Islay Malt with a fresh aroma with notes of salt and purity at the opening, followed by dried and malted grains. It also has a characteristic smoky aroma.

The taste offers ash, sweet tar, beach and smoke from the chimneys, with a long finish that contains notes of salt, licorice and more ash in a well-balanced combination.

This whiskey is natural in color and has not been subjected to chill filtering to preserve its complex flavor profile. Big Peat is a unique blend, made in small batches with whiskey from various distilleries, including Ardbeg, Caol Ila, Bowmore and Port Ellen Distillery.

It should be enjoyed neat or with good aged cheeses.

About Big Peat and Douglas Laing

Douglas Laing is an independent Scotch whiskey producer and bottler who has been active in the whiskey industry for several generations. The company was founded in 1948 by Fred Douglas Laing and was later taken over by his sons, Fred Jr. and Stewart Laing. The company is known for specializing in bottling single malt and single grain whiskeys from various Scottish distilleries.

Big Peat is one of Douglas Laing's best-known whiskey brands. Big Peat is a blended malt whisky, which means that it is made by mixing malt whiskeys from different distilleries without using grain whisky. The special thing about Big Peat is that it is a "peated" whisky. Which means it contains malt whiskey that has been dried over smoke-fired peat briquettes during malting. This gives the whiskey a characteristic smoky and peaty flavor that is characteristic of many Scotch whiskey types, especially from the Islay region.

Big Peat has become a cult favorite among whiskey enthusiasts for its bold and pronounced smoky character. It is known to contain malt whiskeys from various Islay distilleries including Ardbeg, Bowmore, Caol Ila and Port Ellen, giving it a complex and nuanced flavor profile with plenty of smoky, peaty flavours.

For Douglas Laing, Big Peat represents an important part of their portfolio and brand identity. It is a tribute to the Scottish whiskey tradition and the characteristic smoky taste that many love. The whiskey has also helped cement Douglas Laing's reputation as an innovative and quality conscious bottler in the whiskey world.

By and large, Douglas Laing is a respected player in the Scotch whiskey industry, helping to introduce and popularize unique tasting experiences like Big Peat to whiskey enthusiasts around the world.