Big Peat reviews

Lovers of Big Peat are legion. Collectors too, and they may gradually get gray hair, because there are now so many (regional) editions that it is hard to keep up. Invariably, Douglas Laing also launches…

Big Peat is a blended malt, sometimes called vatted malt, from Douglas Laing & co. The bottle features a bearded Scotsman (presumably named "Pete") wearing a sweater. It is unchil-filtered (yay!) and I…

Big Peat is very popular, something Douglas Laing understands very well. That explains why there are so many ‘limited releases’ like the Belgian Edition, London Edition, Edinburgh Edition, Swiss Edition…

There is this strange, quite folkloric legend about Christmas in the north of France and in Belgium. It involves an anti-character called "Père Fouettard" (or Black Peter for the Flemishs). He is a total…

When my brother offered to bring back some stuff from England on a stopover, I took the opportunity to check out the online shops in order to see if I could land one of my modern Holy Grail whiskies,…

Our third Burns Day malt (all of which I purchased at Scotch Whisky Auctions, by the way) is a blended malt from Douglas Laing called Big Peat. Many of you are familiar with that, but this is a small…

The 2014 edition became last years Christmas whisky for me. The one I bought to enjoy on late evenings at home, either alone or with friends who enjoy peated whiskies. Nose: My immediate thought is that…

Big Peat is a heavily peated cask strength blended malt produced by Douglas Laing and contains Ardbeg, Bowmore, Caol Ila, and Port Ellen. Every year a Christmas version is released in time for the wintry…

This particular review is based on the 4th sample provide by the Whisky Wire as part of the Big Peat Tweet Tasting.Colour: Pale hayNose: Curious yogurt aromas escaping from the bottle while poring the…

In stores you always spot some blends that are literally screaming for your attention. The friendly beardy Big Peat is one of these with its informal and cartoonish label. He calls himself proudly an…