Barbecue in a Whisky Bottle

High-Voltage Islay Scotch whisky is renowned for its peat-influenced character, with many brands touting smokiness as a key flavor component. …

Another Day Another Smokehead

Islay Whisky In the ever-widening field of Islay Scotch whisky, Ian Macleod Distillers, under its Smokehead label, is pushing the …

Have You Been Smoking…Rum?

I love smoky whiskeys, but who’d ever think of a smoky rum? Why Plantation Rum, the brainchild of Maison Ferrand’s …

Smoke on the Water (of Life)

Using peat to smoke-dry barley for whiskey dates to the earliest days of Scotch. For many years, peat smoke defined …