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15th September 2014 |
Douglas Laing
add "Timorous Beastie" to their regional
blend malt whisky range.
 The team at Douglas Laing in
Glasgow have once again been hard at it
trying to keep us malt whisky drinkers
entertained, this time they have come up
with a new Highland Blended Malt (AKA Vatted
Malt) which
they have named Timorous Beastie.
Douglas Laing tell me that Timorous
Beastie is a Small Batch bottling
created using only the finest Highland
Malts including – amongst others –
Dalmore, Glengoyne and Glen Garioch.
Timorous Beastie is bottled at 46.8%
ABV, Douglas Laing describe it as having
a charming sweet, heather honey and
Highland character. The new whisky joins
Douglas Laing's peaty Islay blended
malt "Big Peat" and the richly spiced, vanilla'd
fruity "Scallywag" Speyside blended malt
which was launched late last year. All
three whiskies in what has now become
Douglas Laing's small batch regional
blended malt range are as you would
expect from DL, naturally coloured and
not chill-filtered.
Those of you familiar with the work of
Scotland's national bard, Robert Burns
will recognise Timorous Beastie as the
mouse Burns immortalised in his poem "To
a Mouse". The mouse Burns referred
to was a timid, little field mouse and
after tasting Timorous Beastie I would
say the creative bunch at Douglas Laing
have named this easy drinking Timid wee Beastie
of Highland Blended
Malt whisky well.
As with the other bottlings in
Douglas Laing's regional blended malt
range the team at DL have made
a great job of the bottle and tube.
Timorous Beastie has a RRP of £34.99
and will be available from whisky shops
such as
The Whisky Exchange
from this month.
I wonder if we will see a Island blended
malt added to the Douglas Laing regional
malt range in the future?
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Douglas Laing Timorous Beastie Tasting Notes
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William
Morrison's Tasting Notes:
Nose: Barley sugar sweetness
drizzled with lemon with some mild honey
and pear hiding behind it and just the
slightest touch of oak spice.
Taste: A light bodied malt
with a silky smooth delivery of fruit
leading the way, some lovely sweet
candied orange and lemon closely
followed by mild honey, some vanilla
fudge and oak spices.
Finish: Medium length slightly dryish
finish with a light honeyed sweetness
and a little spice and zesty lemon
hanging around.
Comment:
A very easy to drink Highlander and it
is just as you would expect from a
Highland region malt whisky, light
bodied with a bit of fruit, honey, spicy
character and with a dryish finish. It
dropped a few points with a bit of a
short finish but that's easily solved
just take another mouthful (in
moderation of course). It has no age
statement but I would guess there has
been some skilful vatting of young and
old here to give us the best of both
ages.
SMW Score
83/100
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