Dec 18, 2017 · Peat is used during one stage of the whisky making process only: the kilning of the malt. Malting promotes germination, which converts the energy packed inside the grain, making it ready for fermentation into ethanol.

Kilning also removes certain undesirable flavour components whilst desirable flavour compounds are created from endogenous flavour precursors and from extraneous sources such as peat smoke. In the era when most Single Malt distilleries malted their own …

Mar 10, 2017 · We explain what peat is, how it influences the flavour of whisky and then introduce the whisky peat scale and how peat is measured in whisky.

Feb 13, 2011 · Peat has been traditionally used as fuel for kilning in Scotland, especially in the areas where coal was not easily available, such as the islands, Campbeltown and nothern highlands. During the 20th century more affordable coal, gas and oil became more available and gradually the use of peat in kilning dimished.

Peated whisky is given a smoky flavour by compounds which are released by the peat fires used to dry malted barley. The Length and intensity of exposure to the peat smoke dictates the strength of this flavour as do the characteristics of the peat itself.

Built in 1840, Laphroaig’s peat kilns look out over the bay. It’s here we burn the peat to impart the barley with our signature smoky flavour. Unlike most distilleries, we infuse the barley with peat smoke before we dry it.

May 17, 2016 · Discover more about how peat is used in the kiln, what PPM is all about and the uses of peaty water in the second part of Dave Broom's peat special.

Dec 5, 2022 · Peated whisky is made with malted barley which has been steeped in water and then dried via a peat fire beneath. Peat (a dense bog soil) is burned to create the fire which imparts a characteristic and smoky flavour via aromatic hydrocarbons.

Peat kiln at Port Ellen. Germination and Kilning Vessels. Also known as GKVs, these are the most modern malting vessels and are operated at Diageo's Roseile maltings. As the name indicates these allow the barley to be germinated and kilned in the same vessel.

Jan 15, 2025 · Peat can be used in the malting process in whisky production (though it is optional). Once the barley has been malted (tricked into germinating with heat and water), the barley is then dried in a kiln. If this kiln is fuelled with peat, it …

Jun 1, 2006 · Kilning also develops the character of the malt, while peating adds an additional range of phenolics.As part of the malting process, kilning follows steeping and germination, which provides the distiller with direct access to the grain’s starch content.

Feb 27, 2023 · Scotland, and more precisely, Islay, has long been associated with producing heavily-peated styles of Single Malt whisky, but when does that renowned flavour and influence of peat smoke become part of the whisky making process and when is the PPM content measured?

Crisp's modern peat kiln burns efficiently to minimize the amount of peat used. They then kiln the malt in the conventional way to drive out the moisture and cure the malt to distilling specifications.

Jun 6, 2024 · Peat, that decomposed plant material that when dried and set afire in the kiln, lends smoky, ashy, medicinal, and other alluring flavors to malted barley, is first and foremost associated with Scotland. Even non-scotch whisky makers often get their peated malt from Scottish malting houses.

Don Valley Engineering won a competitive tender to supply a specialist kiln for producing peated malt for the production of malt whisky. The company’s significant knowledge of this type of equipment meant the client would get a functional & robust plant suitable for the severe operating conditions created by the peat smoke.

Aug 19, 2019 · Peat itself is densely compressed, decayed vegetation that looks like clumps or bricks of mud. So how does that translate to smoke flavor? The scotch industry has it all figured out, with these four professions playing key roles in delivering peat from the bog to the bottle.

May 20, 2021 · In a good kiln you should be able to touch the peat whilst its smoking without burning your hands. And then there’s the break point, which occurs about halfway through kilning (at roughly 18 hours) and marks the stage where the barley will accept no more phenolic compounds due to its ever decreasing moisture content.

Sep 26, 2024 · Many a whisky drinker loves peaty flavours, but peat is implicated in global warming. How can the industry hang on to peaty whiskies in the face of a forthcoming ban on peat for gardeners? Above, the kiln filled with peat smoke at Highland Park on Orkney.

Crisp's modern peat kiln burns efficiently to minimize the amount of peat used. They then kiln the malt in the conventional way to drive out the moisture and cure the malt to distilling specifications.

These days the furnaces in distillery kilns are fuelled mostly by coke (or in some cases oil) with peat added to the fire, if at all, for measured periods designed to give the barley a specific degree of peatiness.