Whisky Focus - Douglas Laing's Feis Ile 2016 Old Particular Bowmore 1999

Douglas Laing's Feis Ile 2016 bottling revealed as Old Particular Bowmore Vintage 1999.

Douglas Laing has announced its commemorative bottling for Feis Ile 2016, this year the Glasgow based independent bottler has selected a 1999 vintage single malt whisky which was distilled at the Bowmore distillery on Islay.

Just 246 bottles of the Old Particular Bowmore Vintage 1999 were filled from a single hogshead cask of Bowmore 16 Years Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky, which was distilled in September 1999 and bottled in March 2016. As we expect from Douglas Laing it has been bottled at natural cask strength of 48.3%, without colouring or chill-filtration, and is said to be "classically Islay" in character, displaying bold maritime, smoky and leathery notes on the nose, palate and finish.

Cara Laing, Director of Whisky at Douglas Laing & Co, comments:

"The purpose of this Old Particular Feis Ile special bottling is to bring a taste of Islay to those who can’t make the pilgrimage to the island. Bowmore Distillery is a personal favourite of mine and given its home is the capital of Islay, it made a lot of sense to select it for this commemorative release. We'll be tasting this Single Cask at a number of our Feis events around the island and it’s an excellent example of an archetypal Islay Malt – maritime in style with leather and peat smoke."

Old Particular Bowmore Vintage 1999 will be available in key markets globally.

Douglas Laing & Co announced the first ever Big Peat Feis Ile Limited Edition last week, as well as a partnership with Islay Ales to produce Big Peat’s Cask Matured Ale.

If you are not lucky enough to be heading to Islay, don't worry both the Big Peat Feis Ile Edition and the Old Particular Bowmore Vintage 1999 will be available from specialist Whisky retailers such as The Whisky Exchange
 

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