Big Peat Cheers To Better Days Edition

Big Peat Cheers To Better Days Edition is a Douglas Laing Islay blended malt built around peated malts, Port Ellen included. The blend draws the peated names of Islay together into a single smoky whole. The range has grown into a cult of its own among peat lovers.

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. It was matured in refill ex-Bourbon oak, the classic wood for Port Ellen. The slow loss of the angel's share, a percent or two each year, has concentrated the liquid over decades. Bottlings carrying closed distillery malt grow rarer each year. 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.

At 53.5%, undiluted, it is bold and smoky. Crystallised lemon and a salty tang ride on a smoky, mineral note, with a whisper of coconut from the cask. A crystallised lemon and a saline tang lift the smoke. Salt, smoke and wax draw out the close. A smoky, characterful blended malt built on Islay peat and Port Ellen.