Timorous Beastie is Douglas Laing's Highland blended malt — using single malts from Dalmore, Glengoyne, Glen Garioch and Blair Athol. Named for Robert Burns' poem about a field mouse, the whisky is anything but timid — starting honey-sweet before revealing a fierce, spicy intensity.
The 46.8% — the highest in Douglas Laing's Remarkable Regional Malts range — hints at the whisky's character. It begins gently enough, with honey, flowers and soft sweetness, but quickly develops a cinnamon-allspice-pepper burn that lives up to the 'not for the fainthearted' warning on the label.
Timorous Beastie has fabulous complexity and interest. The sweet-to-fierce journey makes each sip a genuine experience, and the quality of the Highland component malts ensures the intensity comes from character rather than mere alcohol heat. The wee mouse that roars.
