Review #173: Douglas Laing's The Gauldrons Batch 01

Campbeltown - NAS - NCF- NCA - $60 - 46.2%

This is a relatively new release by Douglas Laing to their Remarkable Regions blends.  This completes the map so to speak by finally including Campbeltown.  There are only three distilleries in Campbeltown, (Springbank, Glen Scotia, Glengyle) so the options are pretty limited to what goes into this juice.


Color - Ripe corn

Nose - Citrus, grapefruit, sea spray, cereal

Palate - Lemon, cereal, ocean spray

Finish - Medium - Cereal, salt, generic sweetness 

Overall - 5 - This is an OK dram but I can't help but compare it to the "Island" DL blend, Rock Oyster.  Rock Oyster has plenty of ocean characteristics but a better dram at a lower price.  Gauldrons is all citrus, sea spray and cereal.  I don't get any peat in this at all.  I don't remember any Campbeltown being all sea spray so I don't have any guess on the source. 

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Rating system is price influenced as it is based on my shopping decisions when buying a bottle.

10 Best in Show

9 Great Dram for Special Occasions

8 Worthy of consistent spot in my collection

7 Worth picking up a bottle if in the mood

6 I would buy a bottle if it went on sale
5.5 I really enjoyed but it will never be priced at where I would buy a bottle

5 I would drink it happily if offered

4 I would drink it if offered on the rocks

3 Maybe some soda will make this potable

2 I'll Pass

1 Toilet cleaner

Inclusive Ratings

Overall 6.1

Standard Deviation 0.91

Skew 0.66

Kurtosis -0.16