Dram of the Day ABERFELDY 16 YEAR OLD SINGLE MALT SCOTCH WHISKY

Taken from a Single Cask Aged 16 years of only 350 bottles charged from a refill Hogshead Ref :DL 6844

Distilled in June 1994 and bottled December 2010 at 50% by Douglas Laing under their Old Malt Cask Label

The nose is softly perfumed with fruit, honey and dry grist

On the taste buds there is a silky smooth introduction to vanilla, with a background of malt and spice.

The finish has a pleasant Butterscotch with spices, sugar and mild oak

An ideal after dinner whisky to savour

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Royal Lochnagar 14 year old Old Malt Cask Scotch Whisky 50%

The first licensed Lochnagar distillery was built on the north side of the river in 1826 by a former illicit distiller However the distillery was burned down by fellow smugglers who were happy at one of their kind ‘going legit’. The distillery was rebuilt by John Begg?

Single Cask Bottled at 50% by Douglas Laing & Co under the Old Malt Cask Label

Distilled April 1997 and bottled in August  2011.

One bottle of only 460  in total charged from one refil Butt Ref: DL 7595.

Nose; Clean & Fresh -Herbal & Fruity + Fresh home baked style.

Palate; Fruitily sweet - Warm & spicy peaches in syrup + Vanilla & Toffee.

Finish;  Long, still fruity & spiced with more herbal characteristics (J)

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Glenlossie Single Malt Scotch Whisky 16 year old 1993 Old Malt Cask 50% 70CL

Single Malt Scotch Whisky distilled at Glenlossie Distillery

Bottled by Douglas Laing & Co.Ltd under The Old Malt Cask at 50% label

Distilled 1993 September
Bottled   2009 September
This is one of 541 bottles charged from a Sherry Butt   DL Ref : 5530

Tasting Notes :-

Nose :  Spicy with macerated fruit, fresh cut grass + barley.
Palate : Sweetly honeyed,still fruity, barleyed, warmly spiced.
Finish : Malty, still spiced - now lightly smoked + drier.  (F)

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Strathmill Single Malt Whisky 17 year old 50%

Founded in 1891
Location Speyside region Central district, Keith town
Water source On site spring

Old Malt Cask bottling by Douglas Laing
Single Cask bottling of only 298 bottles charged from a Refill Hogshead

Distilled at Strathmill Distillery and bottled by Douglas Laing & Co.
Distilled October 1992
Bottled January 2010

Nose : Spicy with vanilla tablet + dry herbs, sweet tobacco + Cocoa butter.

Palate : Round, full flavoured & spicy, still sweet + a "brulee" caramel style.

Finish : Medium long, still spicy & sweet with fruit bitters lingering. (J)

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Ardbeg Single Malt Whisky 17 year old 50% 70cl Rum Finished

Ardbeg Scotch Whisky Distillery officially founded in 1815.  Water Source Loch Uigeadail

Islay region. South Shore district
Old Malt Cask. Bottled by Douglas Laing & Co.
Distilled 1991 March  Bottled 2008 October.
This is one of 316 bottles charged from a refill hogshead and finished in a Rum Cask DL REF 4557

Ardbeg Single Malt Whisky 17 year old 50% 70cl Rum Finished  Tasting note

Nose : Sweetly home baked with burnt cookies and late developing peat.

Palate : Opens sweetly then builds to warm tar and creosote.

Finish : Dry with lingering bonfire ashes and a peppery quality. (J)

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Port Ellen Single Malt Whisky 26 year old 1982 50%

The distillery was mothballed in the great whisky cull of 1983.

The site is now warehousing for DCLs' other Islay distilleries. It is also home of a large malt plant, which supplies the remaining distilleries on the island, thanks to an official agreement signed to secure employment for the island’s workforce.

Port Ellen has been closed for 24 years so bottlings of this rare and Iconic Islay malt are becoming very short in supply.

Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky bottled by Douglas Laing in 2008.
Charged from a Refill Butt DL REF:4808.
731 bottles in total.

Tasting notes :-

Nose : Absolute-head-on Islay...dry, phenolic & smokey.

Palate : Sweetly peated now, chewy with soft leather & smoke.

Finish: Carries iodine, pepper, ash, more leather. (F)

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Port Ellen Single Malt Scotch Whisky is a Medium to Full Whisky

Dried Fruits - Citric Fruits - Sherry Influence - Honey and Malty

it also can be regarded as a Heavily Peated Whisky

Iodine -Coal Tar - Seaweed - Bonfire Smoke - Earthy

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Arran Single Malt Whisky 12 year old 50% 70cl

Arran Scotch Whisky Distilling Equipment

Stainless Steel Mash Tun
4 Oregon Pine Washbacks 2 pot stills

Matured in a mix of American oak bourbon and European oak cognac, rum, sherry and wine casks

Arran Single Malt Whisky 12 year old 50% 70cl
Old Malt Cask. Bottled by Douglas Laing.
Distilled September 1996.Bottled December 2008.
687 bottles in total charged from a refill Puncheon Ref: 4802.

Tasting notes

Nose : Gristy, sweetly spiced, plus stewed/boiled fruit tones.

Palate : Distinctly spiced, carrying a barn, draff and fruit style.

Finish : Lightly smoked, with fudge, fruit and homebaked quality. (F)

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Arran Single Malt Scotch Whisky Light Whisky - Delicate - floral - grassy

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Highland Park Single Malt Whisky 11 year old 50%

Orkney Island.

Located on the southern edge of the town of Kirkwall Highland Park s the most northerly distillery in the Scotland.

The distillery still cuts its own peat, which it uses in its traditional floor malting of the barley on its premises.

Highland Park Single Malt Whisky 11 year old
Old Malt Cask. Bottled by Douglas Laing.
Distilled September 1996.Bottled June 2008.
333 bottles in total charged from a refill Hogshead Ref: 4442.

Highland Park Scotch Whisky Tasting notes :-

Nose : Fresh and sweet and citric with a hint of peat.

Palate : Starts fresh/salty/sweet - develops rich/smokey.

Finish : With orange rind, oak notes and dry ashes. (J)


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Highland Park Single Malt Scotch Whisky is a Medium to Full Whisky

Dried Fruits - Citric Fruits - Sherry Influence - Honey and Malty

However the whisky can also be Medium Peated Whisky
- Fresh Peat - Gentle Smoke - Earthiness - Peppery.


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Tamnavulin 40 year old Single Malt Whisky 43.1%

Built in 1966 by Invergordon Distillers
Location Speyside region, Central District Tomnavoulin.
Water Source Springs at Easterton
Mothballed in 1995

The whisky is matured in American oak bourbon casks in modern warehousing

Old Malt Cask. Bottled by Douglas Laing.
Distilled November 1968.Bottled March 2009.
261 bottles in total charged from a refill Hogshead Ref; 5060


Tamnavulin Scotch Whisky Tasting notes

Nose : Attractively spiced, still fresh, honeyed/floral.

Palate : Light, clean, citrically fruited with barley sugar.

Finish : Sweetly perfumed + Flambeed Banana + Parma Violets. (F)

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Tamnavulin Single Malt Scotch Whisky is a Light Whisky - Delicate - floral - grassy
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Glengoyne Single Malt Whisky 11 year old 50%

Founded in 1833 by George Connell
Location Highlands Southwest District
Water Source Local burn

Old Malt Cask. Bottled by Douglas Laing.
Distilled June 1996. Bottled June 2007.
328 bottles in total from a first fill Bourbon Cask. Ref: 3617.

Tasting notes :-

Nose : Honeyed, vanilla and nutty with late creaminess.

Palate : Soft, creamy, sweet, nutty and citric.

Finish : Very creamy, warming to a rich orangey flavours. (F&S)

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Glengoyne Single Malt Scotch Whisky is a Light to Medium Whisky with Gentle Malt Delicate Fruits and Honey Notes

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Glen Grant 30 year old Single Malt Whisky 46.9%

Founded in 1840 by the brothers James and John Grant
Location Speyside region Rothes district Rothes town.
Water source Caperdonich Spring and Back Burn.


Matured in Sherry Cask.
Old Malt Cask. Bottled by Douglas Laing & Co.
Distilled in May 1978 and bottled in October 2008.

Glen Grant Single Malt Whisky Tasting notes:-

Nose:- Malty freshness, sweet biscuit/sponge style with a citric aroma.

Palate:- Smooth, Balanced with sweet spices, delicate for its age

Finish:- Medium long, remains fresh and carries a herbal quality (J)

250 bottles in total charged from a Sherry Hogshead DL ref; 4714


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Scapa Single Malt Whisky 15 year old 50% Old Malt Cask

Founded in 1885 by Macfarlane and Townsend
Location Island region, Orkney Islands
Water source Lingro Burn

Douglas Laing & Co.Ltd.
One of only 334 bottles from a Refill Hogshead DL REF: 4713.
Un-chillfiltered - No Colouring. Dist. September 1993. Bottled October 2008.


Scapa Single Malt Whisky Tasting notes:-

Nose; Sweet, freshly baked shortbread quality + Vanilla.


Palate; Still sweet, spicy reminiscent of a warm rhubarb crumble.


Finish; Long and attractive with a fresh leathery quality. (J)

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Glen Keith Single Malt Scotch Whisky 18 year old 1990 50%

Founded by Chivas Brothers in 1957
Location Speyside Region Straithisla district, Keith
Water source The Balloch Hill springs.

Glen Keith Single Malt Scotch Whisky.
Old Malt Cask bottled by Douglas Laing & Co.
Single Cask 259 bottles in total.
Distilled in March 1990.
Bottled in December 2008.


Glen Keith Single Malt Scotch Whisky Tasting notes:-

Nose: Fragrant with wheat chaff plus coffee plus warm macerated fruit.

Palate: Sweet citrus with ginger and mocha flavours mingling.

Finish: Chocolate with sweet spices and light oak. (F)

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Ardmore 30 year old Scotch Whisky 50% Old Malt Cask

Founded 1898 by Adam Teacher
Location Speyside Region, Southeast district
Water Source Local Springs
Ardmore Scotch Whisky. Old Malt Cask. Bottled by Douglas Laing.
Distilled April 1977.Bottled April 2007.


Ardmore Scotch Whisky Tasting notes


Nose: Lightly spiced, Brylcream? Rich and Malty.

Palate;: sweet Chewy Finely oaked and vanilla'd

Finish: Buttery, Smokey and Oaky (more than ok) (F)

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Glen Scotia Single Malt Whisky 16 year old 50% 70cl

Founded in 1832 by Stewart Galbraith

Location Campbeltown.

Water Source from wells below the distillery

Glen Scotia Scotch Whisky, Old Malt Cask bottled by Douglas Laing & Co Ltd.

257 bottles in total charged from a refill Hogshead Cask Ref; 4436.

Distilled in March 1992 and bottled in June 2008.

Glen Scotia Scotch Whisky Tasting Notes :
Nose; Clean with autumnal fruit, gristiness and light peat.

Palate; Carries dried hay, herbal sweetness and a salty dryness.

Finish; The sweetness of green malt, short but pleasant. (F&J)

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Knockando Single Malt Scotch Whisky 14 year old 50%

Knockando Scotch Whisky Distillery.

Founded in 1898 by John Tytler Thomson.
Location: Speyside region Central district Spey Valley
Water source: Cardnach spring

Old Malt Cask bottled by Douglas Laing & Co Ltd.

357 Bottles in total and finished in a Bourbon Barrel Cask Ref; 4863.

Distilled September 1994 and bottled January 2009.

Knockando Single Malt Scotch Whisky Tasting Notes-

Nose; Roundly spiced, soft fruited, distinctly gristy.

Palate; Sweet barley tones preface a drier finale.

Finish; Lightly spiced - still dry, even salty now. (F)


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Glenturret 15 Year Old Single Malt Whisky 50%

Highland single malt whisky
Douglas Laing. Old Malt Cask.
Distilled -September 1990
Bottled-November 2005
One of 302 Bottles from a Refill HogsheadDL REF: 1744
Tasting Note-
Nose ~ Rich and malty with sweet cereal notes.
Palate ~ Creamy and mouth coating,rich with dessert sices and malt.
Finish ~ Long, rich, smooth & Sweetly Malted.(F)