Description

Timorous Beastie’s older brother was released by Douglas Laing towards the end of 2016. The blended components hail from Blair Athol, Dalmore, Glengoyne and Glen Garioch (which I believe is the same constituents as both the NAS and 18 year old versions) and are delivered at a high strength of 54.7% ABV. Big numbers on whisky bottles always tends to open eyes, and with an RRP of £200 you can probably guess how quickly this bottle sold out – much faster than the 8mph average speed of a house mouse.

Bucking my trend for being 5 minutes too late to the party, I was one of the lucky ones to score a bottle of this well-priced older Remarkable Regional Malt. With only 1080 bottles produced for this limited edition, many found their way unto auction sites (where prices started at nearly 50% above RRP, but have of late, levelled off to somewhere between a premium of +10 to 30% plus fees), and equally many are probably still stashed in the growing number of bottle libraries – gathering dust, pretty to look at, but never to be opened. We’re all different, and it’s your bottle so you’re free to do with it as you wish – but I’ll freely admit to never really understanding the hoarding mentality. I look on it the same way as I view my in-laws impossibly large collection of salt and pepper shakers – bemused at the wasted utility.

ABV: 54.7%
Bottler: Douglas Laing (Remarkable Malts)
Age: 40