Whisky of the Week review and tasting notes for whisky from the Douglas Laing whisky brand. Established in 1948, Douglas Laing & Co is an independent bottler of Scotch whisky that is based in Glasgow, Scotland. Their brands include: Remarkable Regional Malts, with Scallywag, Big Peat and Rock Island as well as Old Particular and Provenance brands.
Today I look at the second of the Big Peat samples that I got from Remarkable Malts to celebrate the 10th-anniversary release of the smoky fisherman. But I decided to jump right to the end and try the Big Peat 26 year old Platinum Edition blended malt Scotch whisky.
A whisky I have written about before in a twitter tasting, but I think it deserves its own blog post. The Douglas Laing’s Rock Oyster blended malt Scotch whisky is a firm favourite. Rock Oyster was released in 2015 as a blend of single malts from Scottish islands, including Orkney, Arran, Jura and Islay.
Last week I bought a bottle of Clan Denny Islay whisky. In my ongoing search for affordable and delicious bends, I have tasted some rather “interesting” blends and I have tried some excellent blends.