Actually no. India, Japan and New Zealand all boast peated whiskies of their own so the peat party is certainly not just for the Scots. There are many peated whiskies on offer out there and most bartenders or shops will be able to recommend drams that range across the PPM scale. Skip to content Skip to main menu Menu. When is World Whisky Day? How can I take part in World Whisky Day? What is World Whisky Day? Add WWD to your calendar! Whisky knowledge. What is Scotch? What is Bourbon?
What is Peated Whisky? Which whisky should I start with? Which glass should I use? An intriguing and attractive take on Talisker. Lemon, attractive florals, pine forests, and gentle peat smoke. Sweet flavors cascade through honey, lemon, candied peel, and vanilla fudge, heading toward sweet cinnamon, chocolate, clove, and a dry finish of oak and straw bundles. The neat touch here was filling cask-strength Peat Monster into custom French oak casks.
A very fine blend indeed. Honey, bonfire smoke, orange peel, and a suggestion of treacle on the nose. Sweet and smoky on the palate, with toffee and orchard fruits turning more citric in time.
The finish yields sweet spices, more honey, dark chocolate, black pepper, and bonfire embers. Classic Highland Park—turned up to 11! Peat expresses a spectrum of flavors, many of them described in seemingly unpleasant terms like iodine, Band-Aids, bicycle tires, and gasoline. Peat heads are undeterred by these unsavory adjectives, as are the distillers and blenders who have pushed the boundaries of peat influence to the outer limits of ordinary tolerance.
Just how far can you go? Strap yourself in for a gut-punch of a dram. Peat is an accumulation of decayed organic matter dug up from the ground that can be burned to dry out malted barley, infusing the grain with smoke and flavor that carries through the distillation process. And the character of peat is said to depend upon the area it comes from. Peat from Islay, the Scottish island known for its peated whiskey, would bring different tasting notes to the party than peat from Washington state, for example.
There is a wide range of smoky whiskey to enjoy, from light and crisp to assertive and heavy to whiskey that delivers a big, smoky punch to the face. The Octomore series from Islay distillery Bruichladdich is known for being among the most heavily peated whisky in the world.
This might sound like overkill, but the distillery manages to bring subtle flavor nuances into the mix. On the contrary, the Octomore range provides this already innovative distillery a chance to use a wide variety of cask types and maturation times to explore how the flavors are affected. Shop Octomore thewhiskyexchange. Laphroaig is one of the best-known distilleries on Islay, and each annual Cairdeas release uses a different barrel finish or maturation period that differentiates it from the core range.
The liquid in this bottle is pretty much laid out in the name here. Shop Cairdeas reservebar. Ardbeg is yet another truly excellent Islay distillery that focuses on heavily peated whisky. The newest release from this seaside outfit is also its youngest.
This is a fresh and bright whisky aged in bourbon and Oloroso sherry casks, with notes of pepper, cherry, chocolate, and of course, a mouthful of smoke. This bottle is a bit cheaper than its peaty brothers, and seems to be positioned as a possible cocktail component for those looking to add some smoke to their drinks. Shop Wee Beastie reservebar. This whiskey is a bit of an outlier in the world of bourbon and rye. New Riff is a distillery located in Newport, Kentucky, that has only been around since
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