Scotch whisky producer Douglas Laing and Co has launched a special-edition Big Peat Scotch using a blend of whiskies from every active distillery on the island of Islay.<\/p>\n
The family Scotch Whisky firm\u2019s Big Peat \u2018All Islay\u2019 Blended Malt Scotch Whisky marks the sixth Big Peat Christmas Edition and is unlike any bottling ever released by the firm before, Douglas Laing said.<\/p>\n
Traditionally a blend of primarily Ardbeg, Bowmore, Caol Ila and Port Ellen single malts, the one-off Big Peat All Islay vatting includes all active distilleries on Islay, plus the long-closed Port Ellen.<\/p>\n
Bottled at a natural cask strength of 54.6%, the Christmas release is produced without colouring or chill-filtration.<\/p>\n
The label illustration for the whisky shows Big Peat by the fireside, with nine Christmas stockings hanging from his fireplace, representing the nine single malt Scotch whiskies included in this special recipe.<\/p>\n
Just 2,500 cases of Big Peat Christmas 2016 will be available globally from September 2016 via specialist whisky retailers.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cBig Peat\u2019s annual Christmas release has become a hotly anticipated bottling by friends of our peaty Ileach fisherman across the globe,\u201d Douglas Laing marketing manager, Jenny Rogerson, said:<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re more excited than ever to reveal this year\u2019s limited edition, an undisputedly innovative product in terms of both spirit and packaging.\u201d<\/p>\n Launched in 2009, Big Peat has been created to represent \u201call that is Islay in a bottle\u201d. With Caol Ila spirit bringing sweetness, Ardbeg a medicinal, earthy quality and Port Ellen, a \u201cdegree of elegance\u201d, according to Douglas Laing.<\/p>\n Established almost 70 years ago, Douglas Laing & Co specialises in single cask single malts and small-batch malt scotch whiskies.\u00a0The company philosophy is to bottle the way the distiller intended \u2013 at a high strength and non-chill-filtered.<\/p>\n