Scotland
Douglas Laing has added to its Remarkable Regional Malts series with the launch of a special edition, The Gauldrons, which literally means 'bay of storms'. This adds to a line that already features Big Peat from Islay, The Epicurean from the Lowlands, Rock Oyster from the country's islands, Scallywag from Speyside and Timorous Beastie from the Highlands.
Its name is a reference to the “dark sandy coves” in Campbeltown, and, according to legend, it was here that Robert the Bruce (King of Scotland from 1306-1329), witnessed a plucky spider attempt to build a web over and over again, which he took as inspiration to keep fighting. An intricate golden spider’s web on the packaging demonstrates the importance of that ode to this brand.
Douglas Laing have maintained a strong sense of tradition throughout, it would seem. The Gauldrons blended malt is produced in small batches and bottled at 46.2% ABV, without colouring or chill filtration. Each batch is numbered in order to compare future bottlings to gauge how this interesting new line develops in the casks over time.
Sweet cereals, with a note of iodine and sweet spices.
It's slightly coastal, with smooth peat and gentle wood spice. A touch of salted caramel is there, as is a little brown sugar and smokey barley.
Medium finish, with notes of vanilla, robust peat and sea salt.
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Amazing Scotch blended malt whisky from a renowned distilling area - Campbeltown. This is special !
Really good well happy with it wood get 1 again
When I opened mine I wasn't so fussed. Now it's had about three months with the shoulder of the bottle gone, it has got some classic Campbelltown notes. For me its not as good as a pure Springbank, but there's more dunnage there than a GS, giving way to a pleasant complexity. I'll be giving this some more thought next time I try it.
Pretty impressive and definitely very enjoyable
Lock up your Campbeltowns. This is The Gauldrons - this is perfect. So much more depth and razzmatazz versus a single malt. Thank you master of malt.
