Buried deep in this article about Scotland's oldest distillery is the fact that there are serious attacks on the use of peat in the making of whisky.
Glenturret is now introducing up to 14 new whiskies every year. But as for the peat? That may be on its way out as whisky producers increasingly come under the hyper-critical lens of sustainability. The use of peat as a natural marshland resource is coming under fire, Laurie says, even for a relatively minimal peat-user like Glenturret. So the pressure is on to find some kind of sustainable peat replacement.
“Though you know what will happen — you can bet that that will only drive up demand for the last of the real peat-based stock,” he adds. “That’s the thing about whiskey, people want the real deal.”
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Steve Hayward hardest hit :)
There's a scene in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance where they have an election in the local tavern. Mr. Peabody, who runs the local newspaper, tries to get a beer and is told that the bar is closed.
"Even to members of the working press?" he asks.
"Yes!"
He remarks mournfully, "That's taking democracy entirely too far."
Banning Scotch with peat strikes me as taking something-or-other entirely too far. On the other hand, it is only a very slowly renewable resource.
It reminds me of the 1949 movie "Whiskey Galore!" which was originally entitled "Tight Little Island."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSzrQenDB58
Woke Bastards. Will they leave nothing alone to be enjoyed.
You can take my Lagavulin from my cold dead hands.
One hopes this is not treachery from the Highland distillers.
Islay seems to be the place to take the hit.
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