Laphroaig Distillery Tour - Peat Cutting

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  • Опубликовано: 3 июн 2013
  • We have our own peat beds right next to the ancient Machrie golf links. We look after it very carefully and still hand cut our peat the traditional way. It's important to always put the top layer of peat back after cutting, so that the peat will be able to replenish itself over time. After all it's been here for millions of years.
    Islay peat, along with the rest of the island, is pretty unique. As there aren't any forests, unlike on the mainland so our peat is made up of other decaying plant matter - namely heather, mosses and lichens. This makes for a different quality and flavour of peat altogether. It is the lichens that give our peat the medicinal flavours that are a hallmark of the Laphroaig flavour profile.

Комментарии • 54

  • @scrappycoco2494
    @scrappycoco2494 9 лет назад +60

    So satisfying to watch the cut

  • @bittersalty81
    @bittersalty81 4 года назад +14

    That sound when he cut it...I'm not an ASMR guy but I think that's my closest equivalent.

  • @dave1986R
    @dave1986R 3 месяца назад

    I love the guitar music at the beginning of this video.
    It’s kind of fun to watch the cutting of the peat.
    Peat is basically a geological prerequisite to coal. Coal is just under pressure and remains underground much longer.

  • @darcyk1562
    @darcyk1562 3 года назад +2

    Learned a lot here. Very helpful informational video.

  • @BigDaddysBearCave
    @BigDaddysBearCave 6 лет назад +1

    Love this video!!!

  • @ChindiChitranna
    @ChindiChitranna 4 года назад +17

    who else is drinking whiskey and watching this? Meanwhile, Scottish accent is like Indian accent- Rolling tounges...lol

    • @TheDennys21
      @TheDennys21 10 месяцев назад

      They hear me rollin, they hatin...

    • @markspyrison9659
      @markspyrison9659 8 месяцев назад

      Not drinking at the moment. At work. Boss wouldn't approve. However, watching RUclips is fine.

  • @nickpapageorgio3526
    @nickpapageorgio3526 3 года назад +4

    After this corona bs is over Scotland (Islay) here I come!!!

  • @jeriljoseph4367
    @jeriljoseph4367 5 лет назад +15

    Love this scotch ....when I tried it first didn’t like it ...then I just started to love it

    • @jeremyhunter2319
      @jeremyhunter2319 2 года назад

      It's whisky. There is no "Scotch". Please cut that American crap.

    • @ballskin
      @ballskin 2 года назад +1

      @@jeremyhunter2319 Whisky from Scotland is Scotch. Go be dumb somewhere else, you uneducated embarrassment.

    • @seasidesixgunsmark9561
      @seasidesixgunsmark9561 2 года назад +3

      @@jeremyhunter2319 as a Scottish man I can tell you scotch is a thing.

    • @jeremyhunter2319
      @jeremyhunter2319 2 года назад

      @@seasidesixgunsmark9561 I know it is, amongst uncultured Americans.

    • @seasidesixgunsmark9561
      @seasidesixgunsmark9561 2 года назад +1

      @@jeremyhunter2319 pretty much with anyone who isn't Scottish. Scotch simply is a way of saying whisky from Scotland. Even the English use it.

  • @otho2625
    @otho2625 8 месяцев назад

    I bought my first bottle after watching this.

  • @bandanaman
    @bandanaman Год назад

    Was this peat cutting technique traditionally used in Islay? The technique and cutter used seem to me to be from Shetland.

  • @erico6087
    @erico6087 5 месяцев назад

    I dream of living there

  • @chiprichardson5973
    @chiprichardson5973 Год назад

    Where can I get one of those jackets???

  • @V1C10US
    @V1C10US 6 лет назад +9

    Are there tardigrades in my Laphroaig?

    • @AGeekNamedRoss
      @AGeekNamedRoss 4 года назад +5

      Yep. Those tough little water-bears continuously stir the whisky, even in the bottle.

    • @D5quared91
      @D5quared91 4 года назад +3

      Absolutely. They are drunk 24/7 and just swimming about in ecstasy.

  • @ganjaisganja
    @ganjaisganja 4 года назад +5

    House smells great when burning peat

  • @grtwhtbnr
    @grtwhtbnr 6 лет назад

    Is the entry song "Foggy Dew" or "The Fighting 69th"?

    • @PBM_92
      @PBM_92 5 лет назад

      grtwhtbnr Neither, ‘Star of County Down’

  • @sproge2142
    @sproge2142 Год назад

    How does the peat flavor get added to the whiskey? I'm assuming it's not just ground up and added to the drink, haha.

    • @CorTec
      @CorTec Год назад +1

      My understanding like he said it's in the malting process, the barley is slowly roasted, and they use the peat to do that, but the smoke from the peat also smokes the barley just like a wood chip smoker would.

  • @cglees
    @cglees Год назад +2

    Will they ever run out of peat?

    • @TheDennys21
      @TheDennys21 10 месяцев назад

      No.

    • @oliverbjoernrittertrausnit1391
      @oliverbjoernrittertrausnit1391 6 месяцев назад

      Nur wenn fridays for future dass Gebiet besetzt, wir hoffen das geschieht nie best regards Lord and Lady of Laphroaig

  • @goldvulcan9284
    @goldvulcan9284 2 месяца назад

    can I buy a brick of that

  • @padiyar
    @padiyar 4 года назад

    IS license required to harvest peat?

  • @a19swine
    @a19swine 2 года назад

    i want to know how comes no matter how many times i watch this or any other video i dont get anymore points? 14 videos up some 2 & 3 times but alas still only 10 points & still cant get an answer from Laphroaigs! anyone else got this problem?

    • @laphroaig
      @laphroaig  2 года назад +1

      Hi Peter,
      We admire your tenacity and commitment to watching our videos, but FOLs only earn points for watching our 360º Distillery Tour - not the other ones!
      What was your favourite of our videos?
      All the best,
      The Laphroaig Team

    • @a19swine
      @a19swine 2 года назад

      ​@@laphroaigRead this & i'll gladly answer your question. WELL BLOW MY SOCKS OFF! (as my socks say that i got with my 10yr old from AMAZON!) i actually got a reply from Laphroaig, well the team anyway, so official & unfriendly like the jocks are supposed to be, & were when my wife & i used to deliver to Johnnie Walker in Kilmarnock. (sorry for swearing Laphroaigs lol) but a name would have been a lot better than just The Team, its as bad as an automated reply from a computer! NOW, get your facts right please, there is more than 1 video under the 360 degrees heading & more than 1 under Distillery tour heading! I checked before i wrote this just in case & mash hse, stills, malt floors kiln fire, warehouse etc, etc need i go on all come under these categories! I did check a few more that ive seen but cant be bothered to show you for being wrong in what you're telling me! NOW, as always with Laphroaigs ask more than 1 question in a txt/email etc, & you only get 1 question answered, if your lucky enough to actually get a reply. Well as always you only answered 1 question! 2nd question was how comes we still cant get an answer from Laphroaigs? about WHY CANT WE GET YOUR WEB PAGE TO CHANGE OUR POINTS INTO VOUCHERS? As for my favourite video, its got to be THE KILBRIDE STREAM! I can almost taste that water. Cold n salty as it may be, but to have been able to have drunk the water that makes my favourite QUARTERCASK, & the flavour of the 10yr old would be fantastic & then with a bit of luck Laphoaigs could put the TRIPLEWOOD back on that dare i say i've been dying to try cos as your ad for it reads, ITS FOR THE PURIST! I hope you've had fun reading this? Please pass a msg to John Campbell if possible. You look far too young to retire, have you been head hunted by another company? Really going to miss your dulcet tones, even my wife likes & can understand your voice (most of the time lol.) Best of luck for the future John. Regards Peter & Katie from the Smoke.

  • @joachimsingh2929
    @joachimsingh2929 2 года назад

    Oh yeah I love the taste of medicine.

  • @Hpshuu
    @Hpshuu 4 года назад

    Ne işte kullanılıyor bu toprak

  • @lanksterprice
    @lanksterprice 6 лет назад

    Have no clue what it is or in what way you are using it... Now that would be cool if you could brake it down threw the steps and how its used... No one really talks about what its really used for and man I have looked all over the place..
    In one video they where burning it like a log on a fire..

    • @sonyahubbard3226
      @sonyahubbard3226 6 лет назад +1

      Lankster Price that’s exactly what peat is used for

    • @matteosposato9448
      @matteosposato9448 4 года назад +1

      There are a number of uses but mainly it's a type of fossil fuel - which is its traditional use especially in Scotland and Ireland. However information on its use is easy to find on the internet, have a look at Wikipedia to start

  • @user-og6hl6lv7p
    @user-og6hl6lv7p 6 лет назад +7

    How did they even discover this? Yeh lets just throw some old dirt into our beverages and see what happens. Crazy!

    • @mbakken96
      @mbakken96 6 лет назад +23

      It is not an ingredient in the whisky itself, but rather a source of fuel in coastal areas and islands where trees and wood is harder to come by. And the use of peat in the process of drying the malted barley is what gives the smokey flavour of peated whiskies.

    • @user-og6hl6lv7p
      @user-og6hl6lv7p 6 лет назад +7

      Ahh that explains it, thanks Marius!

  • @Rahulsharma-xx1ut
    @Rahulsharma-xx1ut 4 года назад +3

    Your English is very complicated to understand

    • @t.mitchell9135
      @t.mitchell9135 2 года назад

      The Scottish accent is difficult for even native English speaks so don’t feel bad.

  • @Joe-li3zj
    @Joe-li3zj 7 месяцев назад

    And it still tastes like sh