What is Peated Bourbon? It’s whiskey that adheres to the American requirements for bourbon but is made with malted barley that has been dried with peat smoke, like most Scotch whiskies — in fact, the malt was even grown and kilned in Scotland. So it’s a hybrid whiskey of the two traditions: the high-corn mashbill and new-barrel aging produce a spirit that is unmistakably bourbon, while complimentary notes of barbecue and campfire smoke linger long after the sip. If scotch and bourbon had a baby, this double gold medal winner is what it would taste like.