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Explore the world of peated whiskies

Smoky single malts from Islay and beyond.

There’s a peated whisky for everyone

Peated single malt Scotch whisky is a diverse category. There are highly peated headbangers for those who know what PPM means - parts per million of phenols, a measurement of peatiness. But there are also sweetly flavoured fruity whiskies with whispers of bonfire and salty sea air. In short, there’s a peated whisky for every occasion.

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A smoky GlenAllachie

Did you know that the great Speyside distillery GlenAllachie produces some peated whisky? It’s made by legendary master distiller Billy Walker and bottled under the Meikle Tòir label, which is pronounced ‘mee-kuhl tor’ and means ‘big pursuit’ in Scots Gaelic.

Meikle Tòir The Original

70cl • 50.0%

The Original is a single malt made with mainland peat from St. Fergus, a town in Aberdeenshire that produces a sweeter, grassier variety than that found on the coast. The barley was peated to 35ppm, and then the whisky was aged in a combination of first-fill bourbon barrels, American virgin oak casks, and rye barrels. It was bottled at 50% ABV without chill-filtration or additional colouring.

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Tasting notes

Nose: Cinnamon, vanilla, butterscotch, floral honey, toasted oak, and smoked heather.

Palate: Toasted almonds, espresso, dark chocolate, gingerbread, bonfire smoke, and caramel.

Finish: Baking spices and sweet peat.

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From medicinal peat bombs to fruity single malts with the gentle waft of bonfire, peated whisky is a very broad church..

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This is a peated expression, made specifically with heather-rich peat from the Highlands. After distillation, the whisky was matured in first-fill ex-sherry casks, which allowed a finishing period in virgin oak casks to produce a sweet, fruity single malt with a wood smoke tang.

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From an undisclosed Islay distillery, the Smokehead range really appeals to all the, well, smokeheads out there. This Unfiltered edition is Smokehead with the gloves off. Unlike the original bottling of Islay single malt Scotch whisky, this one isn't filtered (hence the name) and ups the ABV to 46%. Stand back!

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Distilled in March 2012, this lightly peated 11-year-old single malt joins Glen Moray's Warehouse 1 collection. The maturation process is similar to Glen Moray 8 Year Old 2015 Rioja Matured - Warehouse 1. It spends its initial ageing period in bourbon casks before finishing in a host of Rioja red wine casks, imparting splendid notes of sweet dark fruits alongside hints of distant peat smoke. Bottled at cask strength in August 2023.

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Circumstance 3 year old 2019 Master of Malt bottling

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Introduced as the flagship Port Charlotte expression produced by Bruichladdich in 2018, this 10-year-old single malt from the Isle of Islay is a lip-smackingly smoky number indeed. It's peated to 40ppm and drawn from a combination of first-fill American whiskey casks, second-fill American whiskey casks and second-fill French wine casks.

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