Paul John Peated Select Cask Single Malt Indian Whisky

The peated expression in Paul John's Select Cask series, which is older than their other expressions.

Spending up to seven years in the cask, which a very healthy age for the climate in Goa, India, this showcases the distillery's trademark dry smoke.

Bottled at 55.5% it's also un-chill filtered with a fantastic mouthfeel.

Tasting notes by The Oak Barrel:

"Big peat on the nose with chocolate under the sweet smoke. Those sugars evident in the unpeated Select Cask show themselves on the palate - alongside the dry smoke. The finish is long, but delicate with the spirit sitting across the mouth, throat and nose."

The Paul John single malt are the premium arm of John Distilleries, who are responsible for Original Choice Whisky - the world's sixth largest whisky brand. Holding themselves to the spirit and ideals of single malt Scotch whisky for the Paul John label, they have a uniquely Indian take on the style.

Six-row barley sourced from the foothills of the Himalayas is not the easiest variant to use of highest yielding, but it produces an oily, rich spirit. They use a ball-shape wash still and onion-shaped spirit still which create a full bodied but fruity spirit that is matured either in above or underground warehousing.