Waterford Peated Lacken

Arcadian barley, from Waterford's secret garden of delights, explores the natural flavours, intensity and honesty of old ways. Out of necessity since the dawn of time, peat has been the primary fuel source in rural Ireland, with its sweet pungency familiar to generations gathered around the ancient hearths of thatch-roofed blackhouses. Farmer, and often illicit distiller, dried barley over peat smoke infusing the same heady aromatics, an ancient custom that died out from the 1850s. With this Single Farm Origin's barley, Irish grown and Irish peated, we return to the earthy, wild and raw tradition rooted in the distant past.

Peat level: 57ppm
Grower: Francis & Philip Kehoe
Peat source: Ballytiege