Colkegan Single Malt Whiskey (Santa Fe, NM)
Santa Fe Spirits was started by an Englishman who moved to New Mexico two decades ago and first made spirits in 2010. Not surprisingly, this whiskey is a Southwestern take on Scotch. Instead of smoking the grain with briny peat, as they do in Scotland, Santa Fe uses mesquite wood for a sweeter, meatier smoke that evokes barbecue and cookouts.