First Big Peat (Islay), then last year Scallywag (Speyside), now Timorous Beastie – a vatting of Highland malts, including Blair Athol, Glen Garioch, Dalmore and Glengoyne.
Timorous Beastie (Douglas Laing), Highland vatted malt, 46.8% B+
Nose – Sour plums, wax polish, lots of orchard fruit – apple and unripe pear. Wood chips. Hazelnut toffee. Some raw cereal. Quite stern and young, but with reasonable balance.
Body – Sweet, then wooded. Young and fresh but the cereal detracts. Water brings out the sweetness a little more and rounds out the edges.
Finish – Chinese notes of water chestnut and lotus root. Good structure and malt notes right through delivery. Lingering, quite cloying sweetness at the end.
What’s not good about it – Young, stern and cereal driven. Not very timorous! Big Peat is much better.
What’s good about it – Good balance, a good young blend (of malts), and an interesting delivery.
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