Agreed, there are a number of , er um....... people in the States that seem to think that peat malt is essential to a Scottish brew, idiots!! I have argued so many times that this was some micro brewer or HB'er making these recipes and everyone else just falling in line saying it was correct. It goes back to people not reading anything for themselves and just following along!! Ah, sorry, I must get off the soapbox!SteveD wrote:What's this with peated/smoke flavour in Scottish ales? They-don't-and-never-have-used-peated-malt-to-make-beer. It's a fallacy that somehow has perpetuated and grown to the point where some American sources state that peated malt is a defining characteristic of scotch ales!!! Wrong! Wrong! Wrong!
It might have started with Adelscott Biere Au Malt De Whisky, the French beer made with peated whisky malt.
