Contrary To Popular Belief, Not All Scotch Whiskies Are Smoky - Chowhound

Aekachai Lungmin/Getty Images There is a long-standing reputation that all Scotch whisky is smoky — the kind of flavor that hits you before the glass is even near your mouth — but that's not quite the truth. The smoky flavor occurs when whisky makers use peat smoke to dry malted barley which is the standard practice in some regions, though it's not consistent across all whiskies in Scotland. And as someone who is…