Meikle Toir – 5 Year Old The Chinquapin

Meikle Toir 5 Year Old The Chinquapin is a peated single malt aged in virgin Chinquapin oak barrels from the Northern Ozark region of Missouri, USA. The grain is kilned with mainland St. Fergus peat, giving a 35 PPM whisky with a sweeter kind of smoke. A fermentation of 160 hours gives a rich flavour that stands up to maturation in virgin wood. The nose offers smouldering oak embers, burnt liquorice, honeycomb, wild heather, ginger, butterscotch and orange peel. The palate has dark chocolate, creme brulee and toasted almonds, then cinnamon, brittle toffee, aniseed and lingering campfire smoke.