While Islay in particular is known for using peat in the malting process, which gives its whisky that smoky flavor, the majority of scotch is not smoky at all. There are five or six different whisky regions in Scotland, depending on who you ask, each with its own character-Lowlands, Speyside, Highlands, Campbeltown, Islay, and (sometimes) Islands.
And blended malt is a blend of malt whiskies, with no grain whisky included. Blended scotch, on the other hand, is a combination of malt and grain whisky that usually comes from many different distilleries. So a bottle of Glenfiddich 12, for example, may be a blend of a few hundred barrels, but all of them come from the Glenfiddich distillery, and the 12-year-old age statement refers to the youngest whisky in the mix. A quick primer on the differences between these different styles: "Single malt" means that the whisky comes from one distillery and is made from 100-percent malted barley.
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