Big Peat has received yet another festive get-up! This is the 2019 edition Big Peat at Christmas, an annual release of the Islay blended malt from Douglas Laing. Built from malt whiskies produced at a selection of Islay distilleries, including Ard, Bowmore, Caol Ila and even the closed Port Ellen, this certainly is something to sip on a chilly winter evening. Perhaps after a cracking Christmas dinner, perhaps...
Fred Laing, chairman of Douglas Laing, said: “‘Roll out the barrel – let’s have a barrel of fun’ was seldom a more appropriate refrain than for this year’s Christmas bottling.
“Every year we create a slightly different seasonal recipe but always use the same Islay single malts, which include amongst others Ardbeg, Bowmore, Caol Ila and even some soft, chewed-leathery Port Ellen; but we do so in different proportions, releasing it as cask strength – this year, a punchy 53.7% alcohol strength.”
