Timorous Beastie Blended Malt – 70 cl

One of the best looking bottles around, this is part of Douglas Laing’s tremendous Regional Malts series. This is a blend of malts from the highland region. The name and packaging is a reference to the Robbie Burns’s poem “To A Mouse”, which hails that “timorous beastie”. Despite the name, this is a whisky of powerful flavour! Intense tropical fruits and soft Highland spices lead this whisky.

The palate is rich with honey and malt notes, accompanied by a dense chewy mouthfeel. This whisky is non-chill-filtered, free from any caramel colouring and bottled at 46.8% ABV. A delicious dram indeed! 

NOSE: Fresh and appley, with barley (malted and not), sweet butter and lemon. Some sour apple and sweet pear drop sneak in around the sides.

PALATE: Oily, with more butter and candied fruit. Some icing sugar and butter cream sweetness appear, with darkly sweet raisins and soft brown sugar.

FINISH: Gentle spice, a pinch of orchard fruit and some dark sugar notes.