#big peat

Been a while since I did a review so here's one for #BigPeat a truly fabulous #whisky

Big Peat is a whisky I’ve heard about for a very long time but have never tried. To me, it’s always had a reputation of being a lower quality standard of whisky because it’s blended and more mass produced. However, sometimes being more abundant isn’t the worst thing in the world, and this whisky has actually shown me that I’ve become a bit of a snob. I’m glad it changed me. Check out another…

Top 5 Whiskies to Bring Round for Christmas Day

There is nothing better than sitting down after turkey dinner to a lovely dram of Whisky. Even when your surrounded by the in-laws.

We’ve brought together a list that will cater to even your most discerning relatives tastes. So when they won’t shut up about Brexit, just shove a drop of one of these into their hands and they’ll quickly settle down.

1. Douglas Laing’s Big Peat Christmas £51.95 

Wha…

Big Peat 10 Year Old Whisky Review

Celebrating 10 years of this miraculous dram, Big Peat 10 Year Old is the perfect peated malt. A Legend

Big Peat was formed in 2009 when independent bottlers Douglas Laing first created it as part of the Remarkable Regional Malts collection.

It honours everything Islay and is intensely peated. Like many Douglas Laing malts it is represented with a jaunty character, who is aptly named Big…

Press Release..

  BIG PEAT ANNOUNCES CHRISTMAS

2018 LIMITED EDITION

Douglas Laing today announces Big Peat Christmas 2018, a Cask Strength Limited Edition release that joins the award-winning Islay Malt Scotch Whisky range.

The Glasgow-based family business, this year amidst its 70thanniversary celebrations, launched Big Peat into the global market in 2009. Since then, the iconic Ileach…

Whisky Lady – November 2017

November brought a trip to Germany and Singapore (with a side dish of WhiskyLive) that kept tastings on track for the  Whisky Lady!

The best was all three groups aligned to my mad travel schedule so there was a concentrated burst of all three sessions in less than a week!

Our Whisky Ladies enjoyed a carefully selected affordable trio Gordon & MacPhail:

Glendullan (2001/2014) 46% – Floral summer…

Big Peat 46% @DLaingWhisky

Next up in our peaty minis evening after the Wemyss Peat Chimney, we explored a blend from Douglas Laing.

Big Peat 46% (Douglas Laing)

Nose – Began with quite a sharp peat that then disappeared quickly. Baked banana or a banoffee cream pie then also settled into a surprisingly restrained fermented apple, quite sweet.

Palate– A delicious peat heat, black pepper, green peppercorns, liquorice root,…