Douglas Laing

Douglas Laing is an independent Scottish bottler born in 1948.

Fred Douglas Laing is the creator. Initially, he worked with an American friend to produce Scottish blends. But he soon became the sole owner.

A year later, Fred Douglas Laing established partnerships with a number of distilleries. His son, Fred Hamilton Laing, joined him in 1972. Since then, the company has remained in the family fold.

Later, in 1999, Douglas Laing turned a corner. It was the launch of Old Malt Cask, its first range of single cask single malts.

They later launched the Old & Rare range in 2002.

The other turning point in its history came in 2013, when brothers Stewart and Fred Laing decided to separate the company into two entities: Hunter Laing and Douglas Laing.

So the company retained its Provenance, Double Barrel and Premier Barrel bottlings. In addition, it will soon launch the Old Particular, X.O.P (Extra Old Particular), Single-Minded and Director's Cut ranges.

One of Douglas Laing's latest successes is the Remarkable Regional Malts series: Big Peat, Scallywag, Timorous Beastie, The Epicurean and Rock Oyster.

Finally, it should be noted that a project to create a distillery in Glasgow was announced in July 2017. This indicates the bottler's desire to diversify. Read less