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What Peat Does For Your Whisky By Jonathan Kesh Sept. 17, 2025 9:20 am EST

There are lots of ways to order a whisky, and seemingly even more ways to make one. The difference between whiskey and bourbon , for example, mostly comes down to where it was made (although bourbon has a few other requirements); and, of course, most of the world's whisky comes from Scotland . But one particular style that's always stood out in how distinctly different it tastes — to me, at least — is peated whisky, which is known for tasting especially smoky. I was loosely aware that peated whiskey is made using peat, a spongy, organic substance made of decomposed plant matter; the whisky itself comes from other materials like grain. But I knew nothing else beyond that, or how on earth

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