Belgrove Big Smokin Barrel Miyagi BATCH #3 TASTING NOTES

BATCH #3 TASTING NOTES

Suntory Yamazaki 12 year old- 50ml

} Founded in 2008 by Ichiro Akuto in Saitama

honey and buttery pastry

Belgrove Big Smokin Barrel Miyagi BATCH #3 TASTING NOTESThe smokey flavours in whiskies are usually made by burning peat to dry the freshly malted (sprouted) grain. Sometimes different woods are burnt. There are many compounds in smoke, they get carried through the production steps. When these compounds are distilled only some of them boil off and are captured in the final product. To produce this very smokey whisky I injected the smoke from the burning peat straight into an empty wet barrel. This way I