West Cork Peat Charred Cask

Glengarriff Series
700ml / 43%
Single Malt

$44

Part of West Cork’s Glengarriff Series, this single malt matures in ex-bourbon barrels that have been charred over peat fires, lending gentle woodsmoke, cocoa and a nutty, citric malt to a 43% whiskey from Co. Cork.

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The Glengarriff Series is West Cork Distillers' experimental cask line, named for the wooded harbour village east of the distillery's Skibbereen home in Co. Cork. This single malt, released around 2017, sits in the peat charred strand of that series, where the smoke comes not from the barley but from the wood.

The malt matures in first fill ex-bourbon barrels whose interiors have been charred over peat fires, a treatment that lays a soft, earthy woodsmoke over the spirit rather than the medicinal peat of a smoked mash. Underneath runs a nutty, chocolate tinged malt with a citric lift, bottled unpeated in character at 43%. The distillery's own malt gives it a fresh, cereal backbone.

Tasting Notes

Chocolate
Chocolate
Citric
Citric
Malt Extract
Malt Extract
Nutty
Nutty
Smokey
Smokey

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