
Big Peat - The Gold Edition - 25 yr old
Independent Bottler: Douglas Laing
Year of Distillation: 1992
Age: 25yr old
ABV 52.1%
Bottle size: 70cl
Price: £165
Nose 21/25 - salty sea breeze, seaweed filled rock pools, freshly roasted hog.
Taste 22/25 - very sweet, almost toffee apple and then a sweaty saltiness. A drying spice a bit like cracked black pepper.
Finish 22/25 - a deep mellow gingerbread, coupled with some all spice and woodiness.
Balance 23/25 - if you want a high quality well aged vatted malt from Islay then look no further.
Total 88/100
The regular releases of Big Peat and his Christmas variant are always very reliable and accessible. This takes it to a different level and bodes well for the two releases still to come in this series.