We offer three (3) new bottlings under the OLD MALT CASK label together with five (5) PREMIER BARREL releases.

Tasting Notes for OLD MALT CASK follow:

OMC 2221 Laphroaig 14 Year Old

Nose: Opens sweetly – then catch its “ocean” – peat and tar.

Palate: Still phenolic & sweet + spices – chimney soot & iodine.

Finish: Ashy – “bandaged” – still peated/sweet – tarry & spiced. (F)

OMC 2213 Macallan 18 Year Old

Nose: Fresh & clean with juicy barley’d – grass & a citrusy style.

Palate: Sweetly spiced – vanilla’d – with soft fruit – malt & honey.

Finish: Warmingly spiced + more sweet/sugary barley & smoke. (F)

OMC 2206 Bruichladdich 20 Year Old Sherry Finish

Nose: Hard candy sweet + sweet barley + sweet spices & late liquorice

Palate: Lightly salted initially – hints at peat & smoke-heads to ripe fruit

Finish: Carries camphor/cough drop spices, runny honey & late malt. (F)

PREMIER BARREL Tasting Notes:

PBR 0122 Glenrothes 8 Year Old Sherry

Relish this Rothes! For it is a rather rakish yet rustic rapprochement of refinement – being a characterfully crafted combo of captivating caramel and capricious chilli chocolate – whilst similarly sustaining a sumptuous and stylishly striking smokiness. (F)

PBR 0120 Dailuaine 10 Year Old Sherry

Dally with this dandifelarious Dailuaine dubbed “decadently delicious”. Fabulously fresh – it is fantastically fructiferous with a pleasing potion of poached pears and a magically multifarious maelstrom of mandarins – sweet, soft spices plus a paroxysm of perfect praline. (F)

PBR 0123 Arran 12 Year Old

An arrestingly archetypal Arran! A hallmarked, hearty herbal halcyon – in cahoots with a canvas of capacious– yes, and capricious – captivatingly catchy candied citrus – matched manfully by a masterful miscellany of Malt mash (F)

PBR 0119 Blair Athol 12 Year Old

Tango with this BA of the North! It facilitates faultlessly a fully fledged floral – and fruitful – flight of fancy with its galactic guzzleworthy gamut of glorious gristiness galore. Go get it, gastronome! (F)

PBR 0121 Glenburgie 13 Year Old

Gloriously gristy Glenburgie! Access avariciously its axiomatic Autumnal fructiferousness (Absolutely Apples!) -plus its hallmark halo of harmonious honey- and taste the tantalising toffee …… bringing its Bacchanalian butterscotch to buttress your taste buds. Beautifully bountiful! (F)

And so we close the year with the potential, and the hope, of some great Christmas/holiday sales for you, from these new monthly releases, as well as from our earlier selections. We thank you for your support of our Whiskies through 2012 – and though we have told you before – it merits repeating – they are appreciated and never taken for granted by us. All best wishes !

Yours faithfully

Fred H Laing

Managing Director

www.douglaslaing.com