Chattanooga Whiskey Experimental Batch 033: Triple Peat

Age: 4 years, 2 mos

Proof: 111 (55.5% ABV)

Mash Bills: Pot Distilled Bourbon (4-grain), Column Distilled Bourbon (4-grain), Column Distilled Malt (3-grain)

Grains: Yellow Corn, Peat Smoked Malted Barley (3 types), Honey Malted Barley, Naked Malted Oats, Malted Rye

Cooperage: Toasted & Charred Oak, 53 gallon

Finishing Cooperage: Islay Scotch Barrels (blend of 3 types), 250 liter

Finishing Time: 9-24 months

Batch Size: 8 barrels

Style: Blend of Straight Whiskeys finished in Islay Scotch Barrels

Tasting notes: Smoked apple, heather honey, caramel sauce & raisin scone, with a lingering, peaty finish.

About the product: 3 peated whiskeys, 3 peated malts, 3 peated finishing casks. Can you handle the peat?  

This blend of pot distilled bourbon, column distilled bourbon and column distilled malt whiskey was made with 3 different peated malts from 3 different UK malthouses - each one bringing their own unique, rich, smoky malt character.  

After primary aging in new charred oak, the whiskeys were finished in casks from 3 different Islay Scotch distilleries - each from the southernmost part of the Isle – near Kildalton.  Together, the 3 whiskeys, 3 peated malts and 3 finishing casks merge into one peat-forward blend, with a smoky complexity that is greater than the sum of its parts.