Please take into account that these are my personal tasting notes and personal experience, as such you may interpret this whiskey differently from me.

Near the end of 2017 I took part in series 2 of #BlindTasting set up my Brian of Malt Musings. It’s taken me a while to get around to typing up my tasting notes from then but I’m getting there at last. If you’ve not heard of the #BlindTasting’s then you can get the low-down HERE and you can also find out more detail about Series 2 HERE on Malt Musing’s website.

The third and final blind whisky sample from Brian (@MaltMusings) in Series 2 was Douglas Laing Scallywag 13 year old. My full tasting notes are below:

Colour:

Reddish gold (Irn-Bru!)

Nose:

Very sweet – vanilla, fudge and brown sugar. Also very fruity with plums and cherries.

Palate:

Sweet again with vanilla and fudge. Also spice coming through with some ginger and nutmeg. Once again more fruit and sherry notes.

Finish:

Oak, spice fading quickly and sweet and fruity again.

Overall:

An enjoyable dram if not overly complex. Very sweet and fruity but with a bit of spice on the palate to make it a bit more interesting. Overall though a good dram if you’re not looking for something you have to think about too much and I am a fan of sherried whiskies so it’s a winner for me.

Notes:

Taken from the Douglas Laing website:

Tasting Notes:

The nose is big, dark, distinctly sherried, raisin-y with home-baked fruitcake and molasses to the fore. Palate-wise, the sweet dark sherry opens, then detect late vanilla, nutmeg and ginger mixing with rich cereal tones: all of which combine in the still spiced finish offering a long and wagging tail-end of mocha.