WINTER PEAT EXPLOSION

There’s never a better time of year to tuck into some really REALLY good peated whisky. For July, we’ve picked out an absolute belter in the darkest flavour profile we have: Heavily Peated. It gets even stranger, though, and in our Maverick year, this is what it’s all about. Pushing boundaries. Going BIG. Cask 135.39 Smoked scrunch munch is heavily peated, not from Islay, and from one of the most innovative Scotch whisky distilleries to exist. Double swan-neck stills, heavily peated spirit runs, and a 2nd fill ex-bourbon barrel that lets everything shine. #TeamRefill. Best enjoyed with some friends around the table, or around the fireplace in this wintery season. Slainté!

Smoked Scrunch

MUNCH

HEAVILY PEATED

CASK No. 135.39

$170

REDUCED FROM $205

REGION Highland

CASK TYPE 2nd fill bourbon barrel

AGE 9 years

DATE DISTILLED 12 April 2012

OUTTURN 216 bottles

ABV 58.5%

AUS ALLOCATION 60 bottles

We must set the scene – imagine you are buying, in a petrol station, a bag of English mustard seasoned smoked pork cracklings and you cross the road, open the bag, sit on a bench watching fisherman unloading their daily catch. Huge smoke on the palate as you find in your coat pocket roasted peanuts seasoned with a smoky harissa spice mix. Thank goodness you also bought a bottle of water as you unwrap a smoked roast beef sandwich with plenty of horseradish before you finish with a scorched Scottish fruit slice aptly named fly cemetery and a strong black tea poured out of a flask.