Big Peat 10 Years Whisky Festival Massen

Big Peat 10 Years Whisky Festival Massen is a Douglas Laing blended malt, an Islay vatting with Port Ellen among its malts. Big Peat marries the smoky malts of Islay into one bold, characterful dram. Douglas Laing built Big Peat as a tribute to the smoke of Islay.

A blended malt vats single malts from several distilleries, here the peated names of Islay. Built without an age statement, the Port Ellen component lends its refined, oily smoke. An American oak cask shaped it, lending only a light sweetness under the smoke. The peat phenols fade only slowly, which is why even very old Port Ellen keeps its smoke. The Islay malts give it a smoke quite unlike a mainland blend. Vattings like this let the smoky malts of Islay shine together. The peat is the point here, drawn from Islay's smoky distilleries. Bottlings carrying closed distillery malt grow rarer each year.

Undiluted at 54.4%, it is deep and smoky. A gentle vanilla note, while an elegant, structured smoke carries oily lemon, brine and a lanolin wax. It is elegant and deep, the peat folded into the malt. The finish runs oily, saline and slow. A bold Islay blended malt carrying a thread of legendary Port Ellen.