Impersonating peat

$120

At first sip, this heavily peated American single malt was almost mistaken as Scottish. But as the spirit opens up, its uniquely American characteristics begin to reveal themself. It's exciting to see a whisky this good from our own homeland and we'll be sad to miss it once its gone.

Flavour Profile:

Peated
Age:

7 years
Region:

Seattle, Washington
Cask:

First-fill barrel
ABV:

54.8%
Distilled Date:

July 15, 2014
USA Allocation:

120
VOL:

700mL

Tasting Panel Notes

The neat nose was as clean as a whistle and full of crisp, brittle smokiness. The Panel detected notes of sandalwood, coal smoke, smoked lemons and herbal aspects such as dried mint, verbena and lemon thyme. Water brought coastal hints such as beach foam and rock pools, but also waxed jackets, anchovy sauce and briny peat smoke. When neat, the palate displayed pure and simple peat smoke in the most beautiful sense: lots of wood smoke, lemon tea, preserved lemons in brine and campfire ashes. Water brought back the more elegant coastal impressions, alongside chocolate limes, cough sweets and olive bread.