Big Peat 15th Anniversary

Big Peat 15th Anniversary is Big Peat, the Douglas Laing Islay blended malt that carries Port Ellen. Big Peat folds the island's peated malts into one assertive dram. Each release is a fresh vatting of Islay's smoky malts.

It brings together single malts from across Islay rather than one distillery alone. Built without an age statement, Port Ellen lends the vatting a graceful, maritime smoke. A wine cask shaped it, the fruit and tannin meeting the Islay smoke. Maturation in old refill casks keeps the distillery character front and centre. Douglas Laing has long specialised in the malts of the islands. A dram built for those who take their whisky smoky. The Port Ellen within ties it to one of Islay's lost legends. Smoke, salt and citrus run through its Islay character. It wears the big, coastal smoke of the island with pride.

At a full 50% it is concentrated and oily. Lemon zest and coastal salt ride on drifting Islay peat smoke, with a thread of vanilla from the bourbon wood. It is structured and a touch austere, the refill oak keeping it lean. It fades on smoke, citrus and a saline tang. A big, smoky Islay vatting with closed distillery Port Ellen inside.