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For every £5
you donate to support Ukraine you will
be in with a chance to win a One of One
unique Port Ellen rich bottle of Big
Peat created by Douglas Laing to support
the humanitarian disaster in Ukraine.
Douglas Laing has produced an
"extremely rare" one of one bottle
bottle of Big Peat, its flagship
Islay blended malt Scotch Whisky brand,
to support Ukraine.
It is a rare Port Ellen single malt rich
dram, a "unique" marriage of Islay
Single Malts – 99% of the content being
from the now-closed Port Ellen
Distillery – those interested in winning
this rare bottle are invited to donate
£5 to Big Peat’s free raffle via Douglas
Laing’s website (https://www.douglaslaing.com/products/donate-5-to-support-ukraine-enter-raffle-to-win-rare-big-peat-bottle).
Donations opened on 26th April 2022 and
to date, have surpassed £3,000.00. Big
Peat will continue to collect donations
until 31st May 2022, at which point
Douglas Laing & Co will take the names
of all donors and enter them into a free
raffle – selecting a winner at random.
All proceeds will be donated to the
Disaster Emergency Committee’s Ukrainian
Humanitarian Appeal, who provide
essential food, water, shelter and
medical assistance to support families
fleeing conflict.
The unique bottle is presented in
Ukrainian blue and yellow colourways,
with premium print finishes and a yellow
wax dip seal. Big Peat’s iconic,
earthy-coloured artwork has been muted
to grey in the background as a symbol of
"respect" and "solidarity". Beneath the
cork capsule, the spirit inside is said
to reveal notes of "warm sand, phenols
and peated barley balanced by a caramel
sweetness" and is offered at 48.1%
alcohol strength, without colouring or
chill-filtration – adhering the Douglas
Laing family’s "as natural as it gets"
ethos.
Commenting on Big Peat’s free raffle,
Cara Laing, Marketing Director said:
"The Douglas Laing team have been
watching the humanitarian disaster in
Ukraine and wanted to do something to
help. We tasked Fred Laing with creating
a very special bottling (just one
bottle) of Big Peat containing
particularly rare and old Single Malts -
99% of which are from the legendary Port
Ellen Distillery. We now hope Whisky
enthusiasts are excited by both the
exceptional spirit and the chance to
help our friends in Ukraine."
This a very worthy cause and hats off to
Douglas Laing for supporting the
humanitarian disaster in Ukraine in this
way, £5 is not a lot for a chance of
getting hold of such a rare unique
whisky, if you can spare it grab
yourself a ticket or two for the raffle.
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