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Torabhaig Club member and resident peat enthusiast Dr Mike Billett returns as a guest writer - this time with a deeper dive into one of the most mysterious elements of peated whisky: phenols. In this new piece, Mike unpacks the science behind the smoke - from how phenols form during kilning, to the reason why the same PPM can taste wildly different from one dram to the next. It’s a fascinating look inside the flavour compounds that give peated whisky its character - and the quiet chemistry that underpins Smoke with Taste. So, if you’ve ever wondered what really makes...