Is a Peated Bourbon Still Technically Bourbon?

Kings County Distillery is posing an interesting question with a new product, Peated Bourbon, which is made with, you guessed it, peat. Is it technically a bourbon?

There are very clear, strict rules for making bourbon. Among them, it must be made with 51 percent corn, and aged exclusively in new, charred oak barrels, for at least two years. But the bulk of the rules center on preventing companies from using additives: Bourbon can’t be artificially colored, or flavored.

That's an important issue in the debate over whether Tennessee