Big Peat 1992 - The Gold Edition

Overall rating: 89.52/100
votes: 151

Category: Blended Malt
Bottler: Douglas Laing (DL)
Bottling serie: The Vintage Series
Vintage: 1992
Bottled: 2017
Stated Age: 25 years old
Casktype: Oak Casks
Number of bottles: 3000
Strength: 52.1 % Vol.
Size: 700 ml
Barcode: 5014218804874
Added on: 10 Nov 2017 11:59 am by ctu

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Whisky Reviews for Big Peat 1992 - The Gold Edition

27 users have left a review for this whisky and scored it an average of 89.52 points

Whisky-Connaisseur did not rate this whisky
05 Jan 2018 11:04 am
A beautifully matured, expressive blended malt from the Isle of Islay. Compared to the juvenile, impetuous Big Peat without an age statement, this limited edition captivates with its great balance of sweetness, fruitiness and warming spiciness, paired with discreet smoke and peat. Very soft and elegant. Not the most complex dram on this planet, but a real pleasing one for cosy hours in front of the fireplace.

I thank Douglas Laing for the sample! https://www.whisky-connaisseur.de/tasting-notes-english/blended-malt-whiskies/

Nose

Smooth start on the nose with peat and smoke, charcoal and cold ash. Slightly minerally, nicely mixed with custard and burnt caramel. Sweet with smoked malted barley and a filigree but delicate fruitiness of yellow apples, white peaches and ripe bananas. It's not the big peat punch but very mild, smooth and mature. Very appealing!

Taste

Bold, intense and sweet on the palate with caramel, barley sugar, ripe yellow apples and a touch of citrus in the back. Then warming with cracked black pepper, nutmeg and oak. Slightly peaty with hints of seaweed, iodine and sea salt. This is all wrapped in gentle cold smoke. Appears very mature and balanced - a great mouthfeel.

Finish

The finish is long, warm, and slightly sweet with barley sugar and some yellow apples. Becomes slightly dry on the tail with a touch of oak, cloves and soft peat.

With water: A little fresher on the nose when water is added. There's more yellow fruit coming through with lemons and peaches. Slightly more peppery and oaky with a tamed peaty smokiness. Prickling and sweet on the palate with citric fruits - lemons and oranges - while peat and smoke is fairly tamed. Smoked custard and slightly dry oak towards the finish. The finish is fairly dry with oak, cloves, sea salt and hints of peat.
thijs100 scored this whisky 90 points
29 Dec 2017 4:52 pm
Proper, proper mature Islay whisky. If you are like me, and you'd rather drink something with more subtleties instead of overpowering peat, than this is a treat.

Nose

Such a sweet, mature, barbecue-esque type smoke. Superbly balanced with lots of little complexities. Slightly mineral, with hints of smoked vanilla custard, and also fruitier notes like overripe banana and a whiff of pineapple. Finally some aniseed as well. I could nose this for a very long time.

Taste

A nice salty arrival, followed by seaweed, cracked black pepper and hints of iodine. The barbecue smoke (accompanied by some lovely cured meat) is soft and subtle. A touch of oak. Again, the balance is perfect.

Finish

Lingering smoke. Sweet. Finally some yellow fruits. Long.
Malinois scored this whisky 88 points
08 May 2018 8:21 pm
Evolves quite a bit throughout the bottle. The first part was the best, there was more light sweet soft peat in than the second half. First halve bottle it wasn't really noticeable which malts have been used. Now it's for sure a big share of Caol Ila. My opinion: Caol Ila with Bunna.

Nose

Iodine crystals hit the nose, citrus, seaweed, soft peatsmoke,

Taste

Stronger iodine than in the nose, citrusy, smoked ham, bacon, soft peatsmoke, full flavour. Balanced.

Finish

Long, soft peat smoke, short citrus, something very soft wooden element.
AlexBonoGreen scored this whisky 90 points
10 Jun 2019 11:09 am
This time Douglas Laing issued a truly successful release. Very well balanced blend molt!

Nose

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candied lemons, lime, grinded wood and smokehouse from Ardbeg, then tincture of berries (lingonberry, viburnum), ash and some medical shades from Caol Ila, field herbs and flowers, but iodine from Bowmore, some sea salt. Tasty and smooth. The balance of tones and the delicacy of powerful peat - feel the age!
The second wave. This is an enchanting sweet-citrus salty iodine nectar, in which rubber gloves float, smoked fish, ashes and coals, tablets and plaster, dried pears, wild berries, some resin and lacquered oak parquet. Wow The fragrance is whole, versatile, bright, fresh and delicate.

Taste

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sweet, smoothly turning into a smoky-dry, delicate power, a lot of coal and smoke, but there are fruits, lemon and pear, hay, flowers.
Delicious. Aesthetic rape of receptors :)

Finish

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Slightly simpler, but long, smoky, again added medicine, rubber, wild berries and velvet tannins, they do not creep forward, behind them are perfectly heard the basis and nuances.
Hvdree scored this whisky 89 points
22 Mar 2019 11:30 pm
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squaadgras scored this whisky 89 points
04 Feb 2019 10:06 pm
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WSP scored this whisky 90 points
11 Nov 2018 9:39 pm
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Jackson05 scored this whisky 91 points
25 Oct 2018 5:44 am

N: Seashells, pine tar, wool, lemon and lime zest, crunchie bar, wet ash, leather, pepper
T: lemon candy, wet ash, candy corn, oily - nice mouthfeel,
F: Really long finish that just keeps going and going. Lemony, chalky, sponge toffee, smoke and ash forever, some lime zest, smoked brisket. Great finish. The best part for me.

Really an exceptional blend. A solid component of this must be Caol Ila. Definitely ok with me as 25+ year Caol Ila is almost always great. There is a part of this that reminds me of older bourbon matured Ardbeg, and that is a great thing too. Either way it’s a bourbon dominated old peater and I love it. Great stuff.
Donwaldorf scored this whisky 87 points
29 Sep 2018 7:57 pm
A whiskey too little complex but with the advantage of staying true to itself from beginning to end. I was expecting maybe too much for this version of 25 years.

Nose

We are on a very peaty peat. There are also candied citrus fruits and eggshells. The whole is not alcoholic.

Taste

Attack live but it goes down quickly even if all is very dry. Ash smoke with spices and fresh grass.

Finish

Average, see short on smoke, spices and green / new wood. Drought is always present.
KayMeertens scored this whisky 89 points
15 Aug 2018 2:04 pm
Nose

Honey, peat, citrus, lavender and herbs. Water releases apple.

Taste

A mouth-watering sweetness with the peat. Candied orange.

Finish

Peat, honey and orange.

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