Holy Smokes! To peat or not to peat?

Really Great Smokey Scotch Whiskies

Big, Bold & Smokey

To peat or not to peat? Islay’s whiskies may be best known for their heavily peated single malts but distinct peaty Scotch whiskies can be found across Scotland. Mainland distillers Benromach, Benriach and Tomatin produced smokey batches. Meanwhile Ledaig, a peated style from Tobermory distillery, is quietly masquerading as ‘the new Ardbeg’.