LIVING THE DRAM
Since Douglas Laing first launched the Remarkable Regional Malts series, they’ve taken their regional showpieces and have been able to play around with them. Different ages and cask finishes have become a regular feature for the occasional special edition, and that is especially the case for this Tequila Edition. It’s only been a few years... Continue Reading →
For St. David's Day 2025, we look back to a story from 160 years ago: the voyage of the Mimosa - a ship that set sail from Liverpool to the island of Patagonia. On the 28th July 1865, 153 people embarked on the Mimosa, sailing for Patagonia to establish a Welsh colony and preserve their... Continue Reading →
Originally launched for the travel retail market back in 2019, the Johnnie Walker Origin series was released to showcase the different profiles of the many constituent malt and grain whiskies that comprise the signature Johnnie Walker Black Label 12 year old. This coincided with Diageo's "Four Corners of Scotland" campaign which celebrated their arsenal of... Continue Reading →
We have been fortunate enough to feature a fair few posts on this site about the Douglas Laing & Co Remarkable Regional Malts series - click here for more. The range of blended malt whiskies look to celebrate each of the traditional whisky making regions of Scotland. Having started out with a single core release... Continue Reading →
The Douglas Laing series of Remarkable Regional Malts has essentially established itself as the beginner’s guide to Scotland’s traditional whisky making regions. Each core bottling is a vatting of malts from different distilleries within the region to showcase the hallmark profiles from that area. Rock Island represents the signature characteristics of the distilleries one islands... Continue Reading →
The rise and rise of Japanese whisky can be dated back 90 years to 1934 and the foundation of what we now know as Nikka. The Yoichi and Miyagikyo distilleries form part of the now-giant Japanese whisky establishment and this whisky features malt whiskies from those sites. This bottle is one of their more signature/infamous... Continue Reading →
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