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[islaydarkblue]

By the way - I won't be stopping drinking it, there's plenty peat bog all over Scotland.

There are currently plenty of peat bogs in Scotland but if the owners of whisky distilleries keep cutting peat on an industrial scale to produce heavily peated single malt whisky they will soon disappear.
Since 2005 Edradour distillery near Pitlochry has been producing a heavily peated single malt scotch whisky which has an even higher peated PPM than Laphroaig whisky despite Edradour distillery being in an area of Scotland with little peaty soil. https://www.edradour.com/taste2/
I know who the culprit was that persuaded the management of Edradour Distillery to start producing a very heavily peated single malt whisky.

[islaydarkblue]

Didn't realise that to be honest, always thought it was just the water and that the smoke came from burning wood.

You learn something new every day or alternatively every day is a school day.

[BCram]

Do you think there will be a backlash against heavily peated malt whisky?

[Deeranged]

Do you think there will be a backlash against heavily peated malt whisky?

No, it's not an issue

[islaydarkblue]

Do you think there will be a backlash against heavily peated malt whisky?

If people knew that peat was being cut on an industrial scale to produce heavily peated single malt Scotch whisky then there could be a backlash but as long as people think that the peat content in the single malt whisky only comes from the private water supply of whisky distilleries nothing will be done.
About two years ago Neil Oliver in his weekly column in the Sunday Times was complaining about the disappearing peat bogs throughout Scotland causing damage to the planet as peat keeps the planet cool.
I sent an email to Neil Oliver giving details how the production of heavily peated single malt Scotch whisky is causing the disappearance of peat bogs throughout Scotland.
The following day I received a reply from Neil Oliver’s agent stating that Mr Oliver receives a lot of emails but no mention that he would forward my email to Neil Oliver.
I never received a reply from Neil Oliver.

[islaydarkblue]

I enclose an article from a BBC website which explains how the Republic of Ireland is abandoning its dirty fuel namely Peat. https://www.bbc.com/future/article/2...-dirtiest-fuel

[islaydarkblue]

I enclose details of another article dated 27th November 2018 about the decision to close peat bogs in the Republic of Ireland to fight climate change. https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...climate-change
I have know about this decision to close all the peat bogs in the Republic of Ireland by the end of 2025 as a result of watching a Michael Portillo programme where he travelled through the Republic of Ireland by train and he mentioned that all the peat bogs in the Republic of Ireland would be closed by the end of 2025.
As this was a subject I was interested in I immediately checked out his information which turned out to be correct.
This could have ramifications for Whisky distilleries who import peat from the Republic of Ireland for the production of their peated single malt whisky.

[Deeranged]

Maybe Neil Oliver didn't reply to your email because the distilleries are not cutting peat on an industrial scale in Scotland but are importing it from Ireland?

[BCram]

Maybe Neil Oliver didn't reply to your email because the distilleries are not cutting peat on an industrial scale in Scotland but are importing it from Ireland?

You know how a group of 6 people are supposed to be able to contact anyone in the world through some personal link.Wonder if there's a way to contact Neil Oliver and help Islay to get a reply?

[islaydarkblue]

Maybe Neil Oliver didn't reply to your email because the distilleries are not cutting peat on an industrial scale in Scotland but are importing it from Ireland?

That is certainly not the case as far as most of whisky distilleries on Islay are concerned.