The Oddest Whisky Trend Right Now Is Also the Most Exciting

I’ve tasted some pretty unusual whiskies in my life but none quite as unique as Floki Sheep Dung-Smoked Reserve Icelandic Single Malt, which is distilled from Icelandic barley kilned with droppings dug from the shelters where sheep spend the winter.

This dung was traditionally used as fuel for cooking and heating, so using it to make whisky wasn’t such a stretch, says Maria Sigurbjörnsdóttir, the manager of Eimverk, the family-owned distillery which produces the malt. “Our new make [unaged ...