DOUGLAS LAING & CO. RELEASES NEW BIG PEAT LIMITED EDITION BOTTLING
BIG PEAT FÈIS ÌLE 2025
The award-winning vary of Large Peat Islay Blended Malt Scotch Whisky from impartial Blenders, Bottlers, and Distillers Douglas Laing & Co., proudly declares its annual launch for Fèis Ìle—a real celebration of all issues Islay, specifically chosen to mark the event.
Fèis Ìle – The Islay Pageant – brings collectively whisky and Islay lovers from around the globe to have fun the island, its tradition, and the distinctive spirits it produces. This ten-day occasion is a spotlight in each Islay whisky fan’s calendar. Large Peat is proud to be a part of such a momentous annual event, and releasing this distinctive version from our Islay whisky character is a particular second for us at Douglas Laing.
Large Peat Fèis Ìle Restricted Version has been uniquely bottled as a 2010 Classic, with maturation happening completely in hand-selected Refill Hogsheads. This launch takes Whisky lovers again to the place Large Peat’s story first started—on the Island of Islay, the place he calls house. This cask choice delivers a profile of traditional Large Peat traits and extra—anticipate layers of candy smoke intertwined with a salty, oceanic character, culminating within the signature smoky BBQ profile for which Large Peat is famend. Small batch, 40PPM, bottled at a better power of fifty% ABV, and proudly with out chill-filtration or added colouring, Large Peat Fèis Ìle embodies the true spirit of Islay.
Offered in a premium foiled bespoke carton, with a singular label highlighting all the important thing particulars, this version brings a particular new providing to the Large Peat vary.
Alongside our Fèis Ìle Restricted Version, Fred Laing, Chairman of Douglas Laing, has chosen a single cask of Islay Single Malt, distilled at Caol Ila Distillery in 2010 and bottled in 2025. This uncommon and restricted launch of simply 150 bottles has been matured completely in Refill Hogshead casks, bottled at 14 years outdated and at a pure cask power of 55.4% ABV. Every bottle has been hand-numbered and personally signed by Fred. Fred provides “I like being concerned in what we – and right here I embody Large Peat himself – choose for his distinctive single cask releases. This specific cask ticked all our high quality bins – a lot in order that we determined to bottle it simply earlier than it reached 15 years outdated”. This single cask delivers amplified notes of citrus, salted sweetness, nuttiness and oak. Out there completely on the Island of Islay throughout Fèis Ìle, it’s one other not-to-be-missed launch.
Chloe Wooden, Large Peat Model Supervisor, feedback:
“Large Peat has at all times been crafted to inform the story of Islay, whether or not via ‘his’ spirit choice, cask selection, or flavour profile. With this specific launch, there’s no hiding behind overpowering cask finishes—Large Peat Fèis Ìle showcases the impression of high quality spirit choice and knowledgeable cask administration, leading to a Whisky that boasts full flavour from the outset and actually displays what Large Peat was designed to be.”
Large Peat Fèis Ìle Restricted Version is offered at choose retailers, Whisky specialists, and on-line, with a urged retail value of £70.00/€84.00.
ABOUT DOUGLAS LAING & CO.
Douglas Laing & Co. is a number one impartial Scotch Whisky distillery, blender and bottler specialising within the choice and launch of Single Cask Single and Small Batch Malt Scotch Whiskies.
The corporate was based by Fred Douglas Laing in 1948 and continues to be owned and run by the Laing household – Fred Laing Jr and his daughter Cara Laing.
The corporate philosophy is to bottle the best way the distiller meant – at a excessive power and with out chill filtration to protect the strong and distinctive character of the Whisky. Douglas Laing’s trade repute and lots of awards are a testomony to this ethos.
Douglas Laing’s Outstanding Regional Malts, the Final Distillation of Scotland’s Malt Whisky Areas, encompasses The Epicurean Lowland Malt Scotch Whisky, Timorous Beastie (Highlands), Scallywag (Speyside), The Gauldrons (Campbeltown), Rock Island (Islands) and Large Peat (Islay).
Past its Blended Malts experience, the award-winning Douglas Laing portfolio additionally consists of Provenance, Premier Barrel, Previous, Xtra Previous Explicit, and XOP Black, collectively often known as the agency’s “Distinctive Single Casks”.
