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Let’s go over what peat is, how it’s used and what peated scotch actually tastes like. What is peat? Peat is decomposing plant matter that’s been starved of oxygen underground for many years.
5 gru 2022 · In traditional Scottish and Irish whisky making, peat was originally burned to heat small pot stills and to dry wet (malted) grain. Today, peat is usually only used by certain distilleries for flavouring and drying the grain in their peated whiskies. (Not all distilleries use peat to make whisky.)
26 wrz 2021 · Whiskey and Scotch whiskey lovers will likely have an idea what the term “peaty” means. For those of you who are not familiar with this term, we will explain it today. Peated scotch brings a smoky flavor to the drink.
Peated whisky is any whisky that has been distilled from malted barley and has been dried over a peat fire. What Does Peated Whisky Taste Like? It is often said that peated whisky tastes like campfire in a glass! However, it’s often officially described as smoky, earthy, and often medicinal.
18 paź 2017 · Lovers of heavily peated whiskies typically swoon over the high phenol levels present in their favourite drams, often quoting an impressive-sounding figure in phenol parts per million (ppm). And yet what’s in the glass doesn’t always seem to reflect this.
24 gru 2023 · Why and how is this style of whisky made? Why is it produced almost exclusively on an island off the coast of Scotland? Keep scrolling to learn everything there is to know about peated Scotch...
Peated whisky is given a smoky flavour by compounds which are released by the peat fires used to dry malted barley. The Length and intensity of exposure to the peat smoke dictates the strength of this flavour as do the characteristics of the peat itself.
