Lagavulin Sweet Peat is a Sweet Take on Smoky Scotch

Can you make a really smoky scotch whisky sweet? That was the goal of the latest expression from Lagavulin, an Islay distillery that is known for making very smoky, heavily peated single malts. Make no mistake, Sweet Peat is still a very smoky dram, but there is an element of sweetness that shines through, perhaps making this a single malt that even people who don’t like peated scotch might try.

Lagavulin was founded in 1816, and has been making whisky in one form or another…