Douglas Laing & Co

Douglas House
18 Lyndoch Crescent
Glasgow
Lanarkshire
G3 6EQ
Scotland

Telephone: 0141 333 9242
Fax: 0141 333 9245
Web: http://www.douglaslaing.com

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Whiskies from 'Douglas Laing & Co'

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• Ballechin Edradour Burgundy matured

It is young and showing great promise. Keep watching this with interest.

• Douglas Laing Ardbeg 1992 12 Years Old, Rum Finish, Park Avenue Liquors

With smoked salmon and a squeeze of lemon.

• Douglas Laing Ben Nevis 9 Years Old

• Douglas Laing Benrinnes 1990 14 Years Old, Single Cask Sherry Finish

Beautifully full flavoured whisky. Manages to be both elegant and robustly expressive. Very appetising.

• Douglas Laing Bladnoch 15 Years Old

Not a very exciting whisky. Too edgy. Not delivering much on the palate. And lacking finesse. A bland cask?

• Douglas Laing Bladnoch 22 Years Old

Good balance of the fruity acidity and sweeter juicy notes.

• Douglas Laing Bowmore 20 Years Old

Bowmore is a great malt. let's see more of it in straightforward ages.

• Douglas Laing Caol Ila 1979 25 Years Old

An attractive character. Phenolic but with much more.

• Douglas Laing Caol Ila 1979 26 Years Old, The Whisky Fair

Should have been taken out of the cask a few years back. Easy to say now of course.

• Douglas Laing Clan Denny Islay

• Douglas Laing Dallas Dhu 24 Years Old

Much more herbal than other bottlings of Dallas Dhu.

• Douglas Laing Highland Park 16 Years Old

For the end of the evening. Of considerable complexity and will require several attempts before it’s cracked. Not for everyone.

• Douglas Laing King of Scots, 25 Years Old

• Douglas Laing Laphroaig 15 Years Old, 1987

A lean and lively Laphroaig, more smoky than seaweedy. The flavours are long and persistent. Enjoyable, more-ish and appetising.

• Douglas Laing Laphroaig 16 Years Old, Limburg Whisky Fair Bottling

At first, I did not recognise this as a Laphroaig. Then I thought that age must have muted its attack, but 16 is scarcely venerable. Can a whisky be an old fogey?

• Douglas Laing Laphroaig 17 Years Old

An unusual Laphroaig. No trace of the medicinal character. Water brings out sweet malty notes and more smoke. Why such a difference? Cask influence? Different peating level in the malt? Puzzling.

• Douglas Laing Linkwood 16 Years Old

A classic malty beast. Well balanced. A winter warmer to enjoy with nuts and crispy nibbles.

• Douglas Laing Mortlach 1992 12 Years Old, Sherry Finish

Urbane. Austere.

• Douglas Laing Port Ellen 25 Years Old

Forget your herbal tea. Go for this fantastic Islay potion!

• Douglas Laing Rosebank 15 Years Old

A straightforward refreshing dram. To be sipped on a summer afternoon. I would easily drop one or two ice cubes in my glass.

• Douglas Laing Rosebank 1974 20 Years Old, The Whisky Fair

Who needs afternoon tea?

• Douglas Laing St Magadalene 23 Years Old

Interesting but a sweet note too far maybe but the finish gets a grip on itself and leaves a clean minty freshness. Recommended for sweet tooth.

• Douglas Laing The Macallan 16 Years Old, Burgundy Finish, The Vintage House

A real finesse, some thinness too. But Twiggy was a popular model in her time, wasn’t she?

• Old & Rare Lochnagar, 33 Years Old

Full but very well balanced for such an ancient character.

• Old & Rare Platinum Ben Nevis

Just about holds its own against the effects of excessive age. On the cusp!

• Old & Rare Platinum Glen Garioch 35 Years Old

This has lasted superbly for its age, proof that Glen Garioch is a seriously impressive malt, one that improves with lengthy maturation.

• Old & Rare Platinum Millburn 34 Years Old

Luxurious. An adult taste.

• Old & Rare Platinum The Macallan (Sherry Finish), 28 Years Old

• Old & Rare Platinum The Macallan 1977 27 Years Old

This is a very decent example of an independent bottling.

• Old & Rare Platinum The Macallan, 28 Years Old

Have this without water. Hinting at complexity.

• Old Malt Cask Ardbeg 15 Years Old

• Old Malt Cask Ardbeg 15 Years Old

Too chimney-like for me. Lacks the balance between sweetness and dryness you need in such a peaty dram.

• Old Malt Cask Ardbeg 15 Years Old

• Old Malt Cask Ardbeg 24 Years Old

Full of flavour and complexity, but less challenging than some Ardbegs. More peaty than the bottling reviewed among new releases. Some woodiness

• Old Malt Cask Ardbeg 28 Years Old, The Ardbeggeddon 1972, Sherry Cask

One of the best Ardbegs I have ever tasted. Full range of the distillery’s typical flavours, lyrically combined.

• Old Malt Cask Ardmore 1977 30 Years Old

Has maturity and presence. Ardmore:a complete package.

• Old Malt Cask Auchentoshan 1978

Promising nose. Palate hard to tame, disappointing.

• Old Malt Cask Auchentoshan 21 Years Old

• Old Malt Cask Auchroisk, 44 Years Old

• Old Malt Cask Aultmore 1989, 16 Years Old

Don’t get me wrong, there’s nothing bad with this it’s just amazingly bland.

• Old Malt Cask Bladnoch 16 Years Old

• Old Malt Cask Bowmore 10 Years Old

• Old Malt Cask Bowmore 1991, 12 Years Old

Lightweight, but very drinkable.

• Old Malt Cask Brora 18 Years Old

More Islay-like than its Clynelish brothers. Was this some of the last made with highly peated malt?

• Old Malt Cask Caol Ila 1991, 12 Years Old

Conclusion: Another perfectly fine Coal Ila, but nothing to blow the mind.

• Old Malt Cask Clynelish 1971, 30 Years Old

There’s more in the nose than in the finish. A really characterful malt. Interesting. This is one of the more medicinal expressions of Clynelish I have come across.

• Old Malt Cask Clynelish 23 Years Old

All comes together at the end.

• Old Malt Cask Clynelish, 23 Years Old

• Old Malt Cask Convalmore 30 Years Old 1976

Shows maturity but very front loaded.

• Old Malt Cask Dalmore 14 Years Old

• Old Malt Cask Director's Tactical Selection, 18 Years Old

This has it all but goes about it in an unflashy manner. Good.

• Old Malt Cask Dufftown 30 Years Old 1977

Has a cleanliness and delicacy but lacking in impact overall. You expect complexity from old whiskies.

• Old Malt Cask Glen Grant 12 Years Old Wine Finish

Seems cobbled together.

• Old Malt Cask Glen Ord 18 Years Old

• Old Malt Cask Glencadam 21 Years Old 1985

Well balanced and with real charm and some complexity.

• Old Malt Cask Glenglassaugh 30 Years Old

Another whose palate runs counter to its nose.

• Old Malt Cask Glengoyne 16 Years Old

• Old Malt Cask Glenugie 25 Years Old

• Old Malt Cask Glenury Royal 32 Years Old

• Old Malt Cask Highland Park 10 Years Old

Utterly delicious, but the sherry masks the peat and salt.

• Old Malt Cask Highland Park Sherry Cask Premium, 29 Years Old

• Old Malt Cask Laphroaig 12 Years Old

• Old Malt Cask Laphroaig 16 Years Old

Good all-round Laphroaig. Sound stuff.

• Old Malt Cask Laphroaig 17 Years Old, Rum Finish

Confident. Slightly austere.

• Old Malt Cask Laphroaig 18 Years Old

This has balance. Like it.

• Old Malt Cask Laphroaig 1985 17 Years Old

This seems far less lively and rounded than the 1987 whisky bottled in 1992.

• Old Malt Cask Longmorn 15 Years Old

• Old Malt Cask North Port 36 Years Old

Of interest to collectors, historians and the likes of me, but this Brechin brew, staunched in 1983, never made a great whisky.

• Old Malt Cask Port Ellen 1978 24 Years Old

This one blew up a storm for me.

• Old Malt Cask Port Ellen 1979 Sherry Cask 21 Years Old

Port Ellen had such a distinctive character. This seems to be one of the less robust bottlings, yet has some character.

• Old Malt Cask Port Ellen 1982 21 Years Old

A big beast of a Port Ellen, nicely caught before the sherry-wood tipped it over the edge.

• Old Malt Cask Port Ellen Sherry Cask, 25 Years Old

• Old Malt Cask Rosebank Wine Finish, 16 Years Old

• Old Malt Cask Scapa 13 Years Old

Light and discreet. Perfectly pleasant but not exactly exciting.

• Old Malt Cask Scapa, 16 Years Old

• Old Malt Cask St Magdalene, 24 Years Old

If this was in a better cask it would have been a rather pleasant whisky.

• Old Malt Cask Tactical 23 Years Old

• Old Malt Cask Talisker 20 Years Old, Director’s Tactical

The distillery character is buried far below the wood. One can hardly detect even a light puff of smoke. Water does not help.

• Old Malt Cask The Macallan (Rum Finish), 12 Years Old

All rather insubstantial but attractive enough though.

• Provenance Ardmore 12 Years Old

• Provenance Arran 10 Years Old

• Provenance Auchentoshan, 10 Years Old

• Provenance Blair Athol 12 Years Old, Sherry

• Provenance Braeval 1996, 8 Years Old, Sherry finish

More attractive on the nose than on the palate. Water spreads it thin.

• Provenance Clynelish, 10 Years Old

• Provenance Isle of Arran 8 Years Old

A dellicate but satisfyingly complex dram. Arran has been getting better and better, perhaps this will be the optimum age.

• Provenance Isle of Arran 8 Years Old, Unchillfiltered

Uncomplicated but delicious.

• Provenance Laphroaig, 8 Years Old

• Provenance Lochnagar 1994

That guy hides a tender heart under a reserved manner. Give it time and a dash of fresh water. Definitely an outdoor dram.

• Provenance Rosebank 12 Years Old

• Provenance The Glenrothes 13 Years Old

Large, yet complex. A lovely example of this outstanding Speyside whisky which still has far too low a profile.

• Rare Extra Old King of Scots

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