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Peat
Peat is not just moss
Its compressed vegetable remains from peat boggs
All peat for whisky comes from 5 boggs
There is a difference in flavor from each bogg but that hasnt been played with much yet
Roughly 1MM of new peat is added each year, but scotch takes les than that, so peat is being added yearly even with how much we use
When cutting peat, you toss the top where the grass is, then you have 3 cuts down. The top cut is used for whiskey (dampest and least compressed, so makes lots of smoke. The bottom layer is used for heat, almost coal like after drying for a year…
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