G'day Tubbsy,
First thanks for putting it up as I knew you would mate :handgestures-thumbupleft:
Now i have been sampling today and I have to say that staple Laphroaig QC leaves a type of plastic taste :angry-banghead: yes it goes down like silk but that is the way I make my stuff :handgestures-thumbupleft: I only sampled No.2 and I have to say it tasted way better leaving a greater mouth feel :handgestures-thumbupleft: I then went to sample my own and with a greater hit being a young aged I got a similar taste so this 1700's method I was told about is a forgotten thing that once I was told I just had to try it. By simply putting sphagnum moss in whisky and re distilling it will give the peatness taste. :handgestures-thumbupleft:
As far as smoke yes I'm going to venture into it and build a little fire place out the back of my shed. So if you want to send up some of your peat it can be done on my new setup.
Now lets look at this sphagnum moss has been the staple but what about using other moss like I have around my shed. It's like a grassy moss and covers the ground like a blanket and when it rains it puts out shoots. Now like I said I could bring up a carpet of moss and while green put it thru my peat fire. I do have a jug with about a litre of old cfw so this may be an option just to see the outcome, before using that 3 litres of AG aged whisky I had tabled to use.
Cheers Bryan