21st March, 2014 by Becky Paskin

Glenglassaugh has launched the third permanent expression in its core range, a peated single malt named Glenglassaugh Torfa.

The new Scotch whisky from the Highland distillery has a “smoky, peaty, phenolic nature”, whose name is derived from the Old Norse word for turf, or peat.

Glenglassaugh Torfa, which joins Revival and Evolution in the distillery’s core range, is non-chill filtered with natural colouring and bottled at 50% abv. It is described as having notes of oat biscuits, heather honey, and cigar box spice.

“At Glenglassaugh, in addition to the traditional production, we also produce a very limited quantity of whisky using richly peated malted barley as the cereal varietal. The malted barley has been dried in the traditional way, over peat-infused kilns, giving the whisky its unique smoky flavour,” said sales director Alistair Walker.

Glenglassaugh, which reopened in 2008 following 20 years of inactivity, was acquired by The BenRiach Distillery Company in March last year.