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Specifications
- Grain Bill: Bairds Heavily Peated Malt
- Cask Type(s):
- Five 1st-Fill ex-bourbon
- Three New American Oak
- Maturation Time: 25 - 37 Months
Release Info
- Release Number: 0080
- Spirit Type: American Single Malt Whiskey
- Series: Peat Week
- Release Name: Peat Week 2016
- Release Date: October 2016
- ABV: 50%
- Size: 750ml
- Total Bottled: 2136
- Available in three unique labels (acrobat, chariot, crystal ball)
From the Distillery
- “In the center ring is this year’s headliner- a marriage of eight fantastically peaty casks in a most marvelous display of graceful, tangled and dashing peatism. Here precocious and ambitious casks join veteran ones in a daring and delicious dance of smoke. Just over 2,000 total bottles are available, packaged in three unique commemorative dressings; the Mystic, the Acrobat and the Queen Supreme.”
- Flavor Profile: “Don’t let the expected first approach- mossy, earthy and filled with iodine- to fool you. Move in closer. The smoke juggles funky green peat and medicinal cherry notes. Still closer. Now soot and ash with circling tropical fruits. Not too bitter. Instead a great depth of peat flavor. A balancing act of smoke, grain, fruit and oak.”
On the Label
- Chariot
- “Join the most magnificent, daring and unusually wonderful spectable of peat ever seen in any land since the world began.”
- “Come One, Come All! The Queen Supreme of Peat welcomes you to the Peatiest Week on Earth. Ride with her through the wild and fascinating world of peat. Follow the ballyhoo to sights of wonder and curiousity. Kinkers, mystics, donkey kickers, boss hostlers, gandy dancers, ropers, aerialists, long mounts, zanies and more. It’s all here to see along with your very own bunce for the taking.”
- Crystal ball
- “Witness the mind bending, spellbinding, mysterious dark arts of peated sorcery.”
- “The Magic of Peat Revealed! Dive into the mystical waters of peating malt with a simple incantation. ‘Ekkeri, akai-ri, u kair-an. Fillissin, follasy. Nakelas ja’!’ Then marvel at the twisted and miraculous alchemy of the Rom that marries smoke and whiskey. Come with questions and leave with even more. Learn what there is to know and embrace the truth of what is unknowable.”
- Acrobat
- “The world’s most marvelous and stupendous display of acrobatic triumph.”
Awards
- Berlin International Spirits Competition 2017 - Silver
Links
- Westland Distillery: Peat Week 2016 Festival Bottling (archive.org)
- Westland Distillery Blog: Peat Week: A Reflection On Years’ Past
Databases
- CellarTracker: Westland Distillery Peat Week American Single Malt Whiskey, 50%
- Distiller.com: Westland Peat Week 2016
- TTB: COLA 16239001000289 - acrobat label
- TTB: COLA 16239001000297 - crystal ball label
- TTB: COLA 16239001000309 - chariot label
- Whiskybase: Westland 2016 Peat Week (WB90789)
- Whiskystats: Westland 2016 Peat Week Limited Edition (2 different labels)
Reviews
- The Malt Impostor: The Westland Distillery’s 3rd Annual Peat Week Single Malt Whiskey
- reddit r/bourbon: Review #4 - Westland Peat Week 2016 (Reddit Whisky Network review #369) (the_muskox)
- reddit r/bourbon: Review #53: Westland Peat Week 2016 (smoked_herring)
- reddit r/bourbon: Westland Peat Week 2016 [Mystery Review] (TOModera)
- The Whisk(e)y Wash: Whiskey Review: Westland Peat Week (2016)