Royal Lochnagar 1972 Douglas Laing 32 Year Old Rum Finish / Old and Rare

Royal Lochnagar is so-called after it was bestowed with a Royal Warrant by Prince Albert and Queen Victoria following a visit in 1848. The popularity of the distillery’s Begg’s blend saw it acquired by John Dewar & Sons in 1916, who later became part of DCL, upping the demand for its whisky from other brands in their portfolio, including Johnnie Walker. Today it is part of Diageo, their smallest distillery by some margin, making the modest amount of its single malt spared for bottling increasingly sought after.

This is part of the Old & Rare series. It was bottled by Douglas Laing until 2013 when the brand became part of the Hunter Laing portfolio instead.