Resurrection: Our Heritage Barley Project - Waterford Whisky

Back to the Future? Or Jurassic Park - with barley? Whichever nostalgic film reference we choose, nothing quite does justice to bringing back forgotten flavours of the past. To get true variety of spirit flavour from barley varieties specifically, we have to go back in time. So why not laboriously trace back through old barley varieties, rediscovering long-lost flavours — perhaps even track down the granddaddy of them all, the original, ancient Irish landrace? We wanted to reacquaint ourselves with the flavours our forefathers experienced – and perhaps we might learn something in the process. In our latest film, Terroir Specialist Angelita, Head Brewer Neil, and our barley maestro Dr Dustin Herb, go hunting for heritage barley...