TomintoulPeatyTang(700mL)

<p>Speyside Scotch that gives best tang for your buck</p><p>The village of <em>Tomintoul </em>lives and breathes Whisky. A local minister in <em>1797</em> wrote that there were 37 families and no industry – all of them sold and drank Whisky. The Tomintoul Distillery was built in <em>1964</em> and they use old-school iron-clad techniques to create their “gentle dram”. <em>Robert Fleming</em>, Tomintoul’s Master Distiller is the<em> fourth generation</em> in his Whisky-making family. His <em>secret</em> is a combo of pure spring water from the Ballantruan Spring, the barley that’s usually not peated – except for this very expression, the fresh air, and oak wood casks.</p><p>The annual release of a deeply smoky <em>Peaty Tang</em> is a lower proof replacement for <em>Tomintoul’s Old Ballantruan</em>. For two weeks out of the year,<em> Tomintoul Distillery </em>makes a heavily peated Whisky and this particular bottle is a Single Malt from a blend of their<em> 5-year-old</em> peated Whisky and their <em>8-year-old</em> unpeated one. It’s a balanced and complex Spirit that enjoys all the benefits of its peaty soul: it may be a young’un, but it’s more intriguing than some of the older Whiskies. Its sweetness and smokiness impressed Jim Murray as well: he gave it <em>94</em> points in 2012.</p>