Bunnahabhain Toiteach a Dhà

Bunnahabhain is usually (proudly, as a point of difference to their neighbours) not peated, but things weren’t always that way. Founded in 1881, the distillery produced the kind of heavily peated whisky Islay is famous for right up until the 1960s when they decided to leave the peat behind.

Starting in the 1990s however (and increasing in the last decade or so), the distillery has got back in touch with its peaty roots on the side! Toiteach a Dhà (pronounced ‘Toch-ach ah-ghaa’) is Gaelic for "Smoky Two", being the follow up to one of their previous smoky releases named simply Toiteach. Matured in bourbon and sherry casks, this second version has a higher proportion of sherry casks. It’s also the first peated Bunnahabhain we’ve featured in Pour & Sip.