1. Introducing the Arcadian Farm Origins

In this season we’re following the flavour, pulling back the covers on Waterford Distillery’s unique approach and philosophy when it comes to barley, focusing on the Arcadian Farm Origins, a collection of whiskies with their roots in how whisky used to be made. They represent real rarity, due to the scarcity of the raw material. Before the mass production demands of today dictated what an entire industry grew, how they grew it and how they malted, fermented, distilled and matured, there were different approaches to whisky making - approaches tied more to nature, to age old practices; approaches dependent on available natural resources rather than artificial substitutes. Did these approaches yield more flavour? The Arcadian Farm Origin whiskies seeks to answer this question and in this episode we're going to begin understanding how the team at Waterford intends to do that.