Waterford Single Farm Fenniscourt Peated: an ode to peat and Irish tradition

Fenniscourt is an Irish single malt whiskey produced by the Waterford distillery belonging to the Arcadian Barley series that harks back to ancient Irish traditions.

It is in fact a whiskey that, during the malting stage, is kiln-dried by the heat generated by peat. Here peat is a generational and identity element, harking back to ancient Irish family traditions. These, in fact, used it for heating, as the only source of possible combustion. Illegal distillers also made use of it: it was used to dry barley.

Fenniscourt barley comes from County Carlow and is grown by the Byrne family. Like all grains that are processed by the Waterford distillery, it is an extremely healthy and authentic raw material, processed only under organic and biodynamic regimes, whose characteristics faithfully reflect the land of origin.

Along with Ballybannon, Fenniscourt is one of Waterford's first expressions of peaty whiky. In this case, the distillery has peated it at 38 ppm while, for its older sibling, 47 ppm.