浮雲而已

看年份/規格,可說是俗仔酒中的霸主都不為過,
至於價格親不親民......這點頗難界定,
但我認為以調和咖自居的威士忌愛好者應該要入手。

嚴格來說,它定位在喝品而非收藏用途,
不過能跨越"半個世紀‘’這事,
每次看見、聽到總是會讓人肅然起敬。
#喔對了其實它可以標示53年

先撿一支回來擺牆上,換別的下來排入今年開瓶吧!
畢竟正常人一生能中有50年可喝的機會不是很多。
#尤其在50年調和式比50年單一麥還少見的現在
等哪天有啥好事發生再用以慶祝應該是個好主意。

            [飲 酒 過 量    有 礙 健 康] 

以下資料節錄自官網:
King of Scots 50 Years (46%, Douglas Laing 75th Anniversary,2023)
King of Scots is the blend that started it all.

Having served in the RAF during World War II,founder Fred Laing Snr (full name Fred Douglas Laing)
encountered the American owners of the King of Scots brand, then established in New York.

This blend,reportedly with a higher malt content than usual,was first created in1886.

Laing Snr initially was asked to accommodate bottling and shipping of King of Scots from the Glasgow docks,
but soon acquired the brand along with a handful of casks,which was enough to last him a year.

It was to be the start of Douglas Laing,
but replenishing stocks for his newly obtained blend was difficult in post-war Scotland.
Through determination and sheer relentlessness Laing Snr was able to set up small filling programmes with distilleries,
most of them without any written contracts.
Remarkably, many of these handshake deals are still in place,
even after some of the distilleries were taken over by bigger companies.

King of Scots is no longer the backbone of Douglas Laing,
but is still an important part of the company's heritage.
It makes sense to highlight this with the King of Scots 50 Years,
a limited edition launched for the bottler's 75th Anniversary.
It consists of about a 50/50 mix of malt and grain whisky.

"A few people have raised their eyebrows when I've said that before,
because it's amazing how the grain character comes through quite strongly,”Cara mentioned.

The malt content consists of two Speyside whiskies of around 53 to 54 years old,“one with far more sherry heritage apparent.”

Douglas Laing used a larger variety of grain whiskies of up to 60 years old, including North British, Cambus and Invergordon.