Douglas Laing’s Timorous Beastie just lately unveiled its “Meet the Beast” limited-edition bottling, a 13-year-old cask energy whisky.
Matured solely in American bourbon barrels, the small batch Highland Malt Scotch comes at a pure cask energy of 52.5% ABV.
This previous Friday the thirteenth., with greater than 60 specialist retailers within the UK, Europe and Asia in on this launch, the whisky got here packaged in a black bottle with pink capsule and premium present tube, the bottle’s livery options the model’s trademark mouse character and monochromatic colours, with flashes of pink foil.
Douglas Laing’s Timorous Beastie just lately unveiled its “Meet the Beast” limited-edition bottling, a 13-year-old cask energy whisky. (picture by way of Douglas Laing)
The distiller’s notes present the whisky to have tastes and aromas of burnt orange zest, waxy honeycomb and spicy vanilla in a drink the Douglas Laing group known as a “large amplification” of the unique Timorous Beastie.
Stephanie Harvey, Timorous Beastie model supervisor, mentioned in a ready assertion that Friday the thirteenth is a date individuals have come to affiliate with the surprising and was an acceptable launch date for “Meet the Beast” Day.
“Since its launch in 2014, Timorous Beastie has been celebrated for its considerably ironic positioning … Our little area mouse would possibly look cute and unassuming, however the excessive energy, non-chill filtered monster of a dram inside is mighty,” she mentioned. “Leaning into the model’s wild aspect, this new restricted version bottling aged 13 years really is a beast of a dram, filled with bourbon cask heritage and provided at pure cask energy.”
Timorous Beastie “Meet the Beast” Aged 13 Years is proscribed to three,000 bottles. It’s instructed retail value is £75.
Established in 2014 by Douglas Laing & Co, Timorous Beastie represents a distillation of the Highlands in a small batch marriage of single malts distilled at Glengoyne, Glen Garioch, Blair Athol and Strathearn Distilleries, amongst others.
