Whisky Focus - Douglas Laing The Epicurean Lowland Blended Malt

Douglas Laing adds "The Epicurean" Lowland blended malt to its Remarkable Regional Malts collection.

The observant amongst you may have noticed that there was something missing from Douglas Laing's Remarkable Regional Malts Scotch blended malt whisky range, there was no whisky from the Lowland region. Well it appears that the folks at Douglas Laing have once again been busy assessing the maturing stock in their warehouse and have just announced the addition of Douglas Laing's The Epicurean Lowland blended malt Scotch whisky to the firm’s Remarkable Regional Malts collection.

The Epicurean is a dram which the Glasgow based bottler describes as "city born and bred". Douglas Laing  tell me that The Epicurean is "a marriage of some of the finest Lowland Malts; bringing together the best that the East and the West of Scotland have to offer. Bursting with barley, citrus, floral and herbal notes".

Like the other bottlings in the Remarkable Regional Malts collection, The Epicurean is presented in a well designed eye catching gift tube featuring The Epicurean himself. No attention to detail is spared, from the cocktail shaker (perhaps a hint of its target market), crystal decanter and barley husk illustrations, to the charmingly rhythmic pack copy that well and truly brings the spirit and its characterful namesake to life.

Fred Laing, Managing Director and 2nd Generation in the family business, commented:

"Back in 1930s Glasgow, The Epicurean, as everyone knew him, was the life and soul of any party. Wherever he popped in for a dram, you’d find him surrounded by a circle of admirers, regaling them with captivating tales of derring-do, of chance encounters in foreign climes and of the fine food and drink he feasted upon his travels. Our new expression is in honour of that roguish character who never fails to deliver charm, charisma and just a little bit of cheek. Any likeness to Douglas Laing’s Managing Director is purely coincidental!

The Epicurean Lowland Blended Malt joins Big Peat (Islay), Scallywag (Speyside), Rock Oyster (Island) and Timorous Beastie (Highland). As we expect from Douglas Laing, The Epicurean is non chill-filtered and has no added colouring and it has been bottled at a very respectable strength of 46.2% ABV and it now complete DL's Remarkable Regional Malts collection.

The Epicurean launches with a competition to win 1 of 4 limited edition gold bottles at Facebook.com/DLTheEpicurean and it will be available from specialist whisky shops such as The Whisky Exchange from April 2016, priced around £37
 

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