Douglas Laing

Website: https://www.douglaslaing.com/

Established in 1948, Douglas Laing is a leading creator and purveyor of the finest Scotch Whisky with particular focus on artisan, Small Batch and Single Cask bottlings. A proud family business in its third generation, our goal is to continually exceed the expectations of our customers and consumers around the world by offering the most special, quality-driven and unique Scotch Whisky experience.

A passion for whisky

From our long-held stocks, we hand select the finest, and often rarest, Scotch Whisky casks from across all of Scotland’s Whisky regions and bottle them as the distiller intended; at high alcohol strength, and without colouring or chill-filtration. By adding nothing and taking nothing away, we offer the consumer an experience close to sampling Whisky straight from the cask in the depths of a cold, dank Distillery warehouse.

We specialise in

Single Malt Scotch Whisky

Single Malt Scotch Whisky is made in Scotland using a pot still distillation process at a single distillery. Malted barley must be the only cereal ingredient. As with any Scotch Whisky, a Single Malt must be distilled in Scotland and matured in oak casks in Scotland for at least three years. Single Cask Single Malt is a particularly premium class of Single Malt in which each bottle comes from an individual ageing cask, showing all its own distinct character, instead of being created by blending together the contents of various casks to provide uniformity of colour and taste. Our award-winning XOP, Old Particular and Provenance ranges offer that premium class of Single Cask Single Malt Scotch Whisky, at various different ages, to those seeking something truly extraordinary.

Single Grain Scotch Whisky

Single Grain Scotch Whisky is produced in Scotland at a single distillery, in a continuous process, produced from water and malted barley, with grains of other cereals (which may be malted or unmalted).  There are only a few distilleries in Scotland that produce Single Grain Whisky these days, but our XOP and Old Particular Single Grain bottlings contain some of the oldest, finest and rarest liquids from many, including the esteemed (and now closed) likes of Dumbarton and Port Dundas Distilleries.

Blended Malt Scotch Whisky

Previously known in the industry as “Vatted” Malt (a term that is still preferred by all at Douglas Laing), “Blended Malt” differs from simply “Blended” Whisky in that it contains no Grain Whisky, and is therefore widely considered a superior category. Our Remarkable Regional Malts (Big Peat from Islay, Scallywag from Speyside, Timorous Beastie from the Highlands and Rock Oyster, displaying the best from the Islands) are Blended Malt Scotch Whiskies, combining the spirit from some of the regions’ finest Distilleries to produce the ultimate territorial tastes of Scotland. If a Single Malt is a violin, you might consider a Blended Malt an entire orchestra.

Blended Whisky

Our roots have always been firmly in the art of blending. A Blended Whisky is one that contains both Malt and Grain Whiskies from two or more Distilleries, and the complexities of creating the finest blends, such as Douglas Laing’s The King of Scots and our McGibbon’s Special Reserve Blends, should not be underestimated.

The Whiskyphiles tasting notes

• Ardmore 8 Years Old 2009 Great Drams Exclusive (46%, Douglas Laing, Refill HH, 299 Bottles, 2017)
• Ardmore 14 Years Old 2000 Old Particular (48.4%, Douglas Laing, Refill barrel #10593, 195 Bottles, 2014)
• Ardmore 16 Years Old 2000 Old Particular (44.5%, Douglas Laing, Refill barrel #11168, 84 Bottles, 2016)
• Balmenach 10 Years Old 2005 Provenance (46%, Douglas Laing, Refill HH #11247, 2016)
• Big Peat Christmas 2013 A Real Cracker (54.9%, Douglas Laing, 14400 bottles, 2013)
• Big Peat Christmas 2014 Edition (55.7%, Douglas Laing, 2014)
• Bruichladdich 13 Years Old 2002 Old Particular (48.4%, Douglas Laing, Refill HH #10957, 199 Bottles, 2015
• Caol Ila 5 Years Old 2011 Provenance (46%, Douglas Laing, Refill HH #11346, 428 Bottles, 2016)
• Caperdonich 21 Years old 1994 Xtra Old Particular (57.7%, Douglas Laing, Cask #10769, 270 Bottles, 2015)
• Dailuaine 7 Years Old 2005 Single Minded (41.5%, Douglas Laing, Sherry Butts, 2013)
• Dailuaine 15 Years Old 1998 Old Particular (48.4%, Douglas Laing, Bourbon Barrel #10044, 282 bottles, 2013)
• Dallas Dhu 24 Years Old 1976 Old Malt Cask (50%, Douglas Laing, 630 Bottles, 2001)
• Dalmore 17 Years Old 1996 Old Particular (48.4%, Douglas Laing, Refill HH #10206, 139 Bottles, 2014)
• Dalmore 17 Years Old 1997 Old Particular (55.5%, Douglas Laing, Refill HH #10427, 237 Bottles, 2014)
• Dufftown 18 Year Old 1995 Old Particular (48.4%, Douglas Laing, Refill HH #9962, 197 bottles, 2013)
• Event: The Dram Team Incredible Indies Twitter Tasting
• Glen Grant 18 Years Old 1995 Old Particular (48.4%, Douglas Laing, Refill HH #10283, 282 Bottles, 2014)
• Glen Grant 21 Years Old 1992 Old Particular (51.5%, Douglas Laing, Sherry Butt #10026, 374 bottles, 2013)
• Glen Ord 21 Years Old 1990 Old Malt Cask (50%, Douglas Laing, Refill Butt #6856, 492 Bottles, 2011)
• Glenallachie 16 Years Old 1995 Old Malt Cask (50%, Douglas Laing, Refill HH #7932, 295 Bottles, 2011)
• Glenburgie 16 Years Old 1995 Old Malt Cask (50%, Douglas Laing, Refill HH #8005, 304 Bottles, 2012)
• Highland Park 28 Years Old 1984 Director’s Cut (48.5%, Douglas Laing, Cask #9968, 133 Bottles, 2013)
• Jura 21 Years Old 1992 Old Particular (51.2%, Douglas Laing, Refill HH #10304, 271 Bottles, 2014)
• Jura 22 Years Old 1992 Old Particular (47.9%, Douglas Laing, Refill HH #10362, 282 Bottles, 2014)
• Laphroaig 15 Years Old 1998 Cask Sample (61.9%, Douglas Laing, #9877, 2013)
• Linkwood 17 Years Old 1997 Old Particular (48.4%, Douglas Laing, Refill HH #10413, 401 Bottles, 2014)
• Macduff 21 Years Old 1990 Old Malt Cask (50%, Douglas Laing, Refill HH #8002, 272 Bottles, 2012)
• Miltonduff 9 Years Old 2007 Provenance (46%, Douglas Laing, Sherry Butt #11177, 2016)
• Miltonduff 18 Years Old – Cask Sample ~ 52.5% (Douglas Laing)
• Mortlach 11 Years Old 2004 Old Particular (48.4%, Douglas Laing, Refill HH #10968, 381 Bottles, 2015)
• Mystery Single Grain Sample ~ 62.1% (Douglas Laing)
• Port Dundas 27 Years Old 1988 Old Particular (54.8%, Douglas Laing, Refill HH #10981, 218 Bottles, 2015)
• Port Dundas 36 Years Old 1978 XOP (60.7%, Douglas Laing, Refill Bourbon Barrel #10421, 133 Bottles, 2014)
• Rock Oyster (46.8%, Douglas Laing, 2016)
• Rock Oyster (46.8%, Douglas Laing, 2018)
• Rock Oyster 18 Years Old (46.8%, Douglas Laing, 2018)
• Rock Oyster Cask Strength Batch 2 (56.1%, Douglas Laing, 2018)
• Scallywag (46%, Douglas Laing, 2018)
• Scallywag Speyside Blended Malt Whisky (46%, Douglas Laing, 2013)
• Springbank 21 Year Old 1993 Old Particular (51.4%, Douglas Laing, Refill HH #10527, 223 Bottles, 2014)
• Strathmill 30 Years Old 1977 Old Malt Cask (50%, Douglas Laing, Refill HH #4070, 302 Bottles, 2007)
• Syndicate 58/6 12 Years Old (40%, Douglas Laing, 2017)
• Tamdhu 8 Years Old 2006 Provenance (46%, Douglas Laing, Cask #10570, 2014)
• The Epicurean (46.2%, Douglas Laing, 2017)
• Tobermory 21 Years Old 1996 Old Particular (51.5%, Douglas Laing, Refill HH #11768, 290 Bottles, 2017)
• Tomatin 20 Year Old 1994 Old Particular (46.8%, Douglas Laing, Refill HH #10442, 282 Bottles, 2014)

Remarkable Regional Malts

• Big Peat Christmas 2013 A Real Cracker (54.9%, Douglas Laing, 14400 bottles, 2013)
• Rock Oyster (46.8%, Douglas Laing, 2018)
• Rock Oyster 18 Years Old (46.8%, Douglas Laing, 2018)
• Rock Oyster Cask Strength Batch 2 (56.1%, Douglas Laing, 2018)
• The Epicurean (46.2%, Douglas Laing, 2017)

Provenance

• Balmenach 10 Years Old 2005 Provenance (46%, Douglas Laing, Refill HH #11247, 2016)
• Caol Ila 5 Years Old 2011 Provenance (46%, Douglas Laing, Refill HH #11346, 428 Bottles, 2016)
• Miltonduff 9 Years Old 2007 Provenance (46%, Douglas Laing, Sherry Butt #11177, 2016)
• Tamdhu 8 Years Old 2006 Provenance (46%, Douglas Laing, Cask #10570, 2014)
• Terroir vs Provenance & the whisky transparency debate

Old Particular

• Ardmore 14 Years Old 2000 Old Particular (48.4%, Douglas Laing, Refill barrel #10593, 195 Bottles, 2014)
• Ardmore 16 Years Old 2000 Old Particular (44.5%, Douglas Laing, Refill barrel #11168, 84 Bottles, 2016)
• Bruichladdich 13 Years Old 2002 Old Particular (48.4%, Douglas Laing, Refill HH #10957, 199 Bottles, 2015
• Dailuaine 15 Years Old 1998 Old Particular (48.4%, Douglas Laing, Bourbon Barrel #10044, 282 bottles, 2013)
• Dalmore 17 Years Old 1996 Old Particular (48.4%, Douglas Laing, Refill HH #10206, 139 Bottles, 2014)
• Dufftown 18 Year Old 1995 Old Particular (48.4%, Douglas Laing, Refill HH #9962, 197 bottles, 2013)
• Glen Grant 18 Years Old 1995 Old Particular (48.4%, Douglas Laing, Refill HH #10283, 282 Bottles, 2014)
• Mortlach 11 Years Old 2004 Old Particular (48.4%, Douglas Laing, Refill HH #10968, 381 Bottles, 2015)
• Port Dundas 27 Years Old 1988 Old Particular (54.8%, Douglas Laing, Refill HH #10981, 218 Bottles, 2015)
• Springbank 21 Year Old 1993 Old Particular (51.4%, Douglas Laing, Refill HH #10527, 223 Bottles, 2014)
• Tobermory 21 Years Old 1996 Old Particular (51.5%, Douglas Laing, Refill HH #11768, 290 Bottles, 2017)
• Tomatin 20 Year Old 1994 Old Particular (46.8%, Douglas Laing, Refill HH #10442, 282 Bottles, 2014)

Xtra Old Particular

• Caperdonich 21 Years old 1994 Xtra Old Particular (57.7%, Douglas Laing, Cask #10769, 270 Bottles, 2015)
• Port Dundas 36 Years Old 1978 XOP (60.7%, Douglas Laing, Refill Bourbon Barrel #10421, 133 Bottles, 2014)