Douglas Laing The Epicurean Lowland Scotch (75cl, 46.2%)

Douglas Laing The Epicurean is a blended malt Scotch whisky, the Lowland bottling in the Remarkable Regional Malts series, first released in 2016. It combines Lowland single malts from the east and west of the region, with no grain whisky in the mix, and is bottled at 46.2% without added colouring or chill-filtration. The blend is composed to show a Lowland character of citrus, cut grass, vanilla and sweet cereal. The nose is barley-rich, citric, floral and herbal. On the palate it is sweet, with crunched sugar, burnt citrus, mixed spices, thyme and peaches, and the finish turns herbal and gristy, with almonds, cut grass and burnt sugar.