D.Laing'S

The business began as a family firm focused on the trade and bottling of whisky; the official company (Douglas Laing & Co) is documented as founded in 1948. Over the decades it developed its own brands (Big Peat, Rock Oyster, Scallywag, Timorous Beastie, Old Particular and other series) and remains family-managed. In 2019 Douglas Laing also acquired the Strathearn distillery, expanding activities to include direct production of single malt.

Selection and transparency: the company's approach favors choosing single casks and blends that express the regional character of the malts, often bottling with limited or no chill-filtration and highlighting the typicity of regions (Islay, Islands, Speyside, Highlands, Lowlands, Campbeltown). Family ownership aims for consistency and continuity across the range.

Scotland (headquarters in Glasgow); they operate within the territory of Scotch whisky and across the various Scottish production regions (Islay, Islands, Speyside, Highlands, Lowlands and Campbeltown) from which the malts they use originate.

They operate primarily as blenders and an independent bottler: purchasing, selecting and assembling whisky from different distilleries and casks (small batch, blended malt and single cask). Since 2019 they are also owners of the Strathearn distillery, through which they produce some single malt distilled in-house.

As an independent bottler the main activity is blending and selection of purchased casks; for particular releases blending and bottling predominate. Since 2019, following the acquisition of the Strathearn distillery, the company also has direct production/distillation capacity for some labels.

Maturation in oak casks; their selections commonly use ex-sherry and ex-bourbon casks (as well as various types of oak casks for aging and finishing).