Unpeated whisky

Most Scotch is unpeated: the malt is dried without peat smoke, so the whisky keeps no smoky flavour from the malting. The bottles below come from distilleries whose usual style is unpeated, such as Glenfiddich, Glenlivet, Glenmorangie, Aberlour and Balvenie, alongside unpeated releases from places better known for peat.

That includes Islay: Bunnahabhain’s core range and Bruichladdich’s own-name single malts are usually unpeated. One honest caveat: for almost every bottle here the peat level is inferred from the distillery’s house style rather than stated on the label, so a special release could differ, and smoke-like notes can also come from casks. Check the bottle page if it matters. For the opposite list, see peated whisky.

For how peat gets into whisky, see Whiskipedia on peat in whisky. Prices are the best current in-stock offer from the UK retailers we check (how we compare prices).