What Makes Whisky Taste 'Smokey'? | Food Unwrapped

Jimmy wants to find out how a drink like Whisky can possibly taste 'smokey', what is the secret?

Food Unwrapped Season 7 Episode 4

Our team of intrepid presenters (Jimmy Doherty, Kate Quilton, Matt Tebbut, Helen Lawal, Andi Oliver, Amanda Byram and Briony May Williams) travel the world uncovering unusual, intriguing and surprising secrets behind the food we eat.

[johncgibson]

This channel is underrated. The education value, phenol, peat, is over the roof, but the YT algorithm doesn't cooperate.

[iamanidiotbut]

Really wish I could watch full episodes in the US. I like this better than the American unwrapped

[HAVEHOPE]

It onlytastes smokey if the malted barley has been smoked while drying

[aubs]

No, whisky only tastes smokey if peat was used to dry the barley, and potentially if peat was added to the cask. Many fine whiskies don't use either, and allow for other characteristics of the drink to be tasted more clearly.

[Phootaba]

Blasted, I finished my last bottle of smokey whiskey yesterday =(

[kitdaberserker]

You guys make av great show. You should bump them up to 10mins. Great job.

[Ghhyuttgg]

surely they could just chemically extract the phenol and spray it on? Much more environmentally friendly