DISTILLERY NOTES

Shelter Point’s first edition in a new series of Smoke & Oak driven small batch experimental whiskies has landed. For this expression, we smoked our own finishing barrels using a smouldering combination of applewood and locally-harvested Vancouver Island peat. Using 100% unmalted barley from on-site at Shelter Point Farm as a base, this is a whisky that breaks all the rules. This triple distilled whisky was aged in American oak ex-bourbon barrels for 5 years before a final rest in our hand-smoked finishing barrels for 6 months.

BC SPIRITS NOTES

Really unique experiment from the team at Shelter Point. A triple distilled unmalted barley whisky aged for 5 years in ex Bourbon American oak casks and then finished for 6 months in an applewood and Vancouver Island peat smoked barrel. What you get is a completely unique smoke profile completely apart from their classic Smoke Point. This smoke is sweet and meaty, like a beautiful Southern BBQ, the smoke is perfectly balanced between the applewood and the funkier peat notes, I don't always love smokey whiskies but this one is fantastic.

Alcohol - 46% / 92 proof

Color - Deep chocolate brown with hints of copper

Nose - Sweet and meaty smoke on the nose, the applewood and peat are perfectly balanced

Taste - Classic Shelter Point, bright and youthful then the smoke sets in. Complex and interesting, a mix of sweet applewood smoke with meaty peat smoke; completely unique

Finish - Gorgeous BBQ smoke with bright whisky notes to balance

Best Enjoyed - Neat

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