There’s a snack to go with every whiskey, but not every snack goes with every whiskey. We explore some different types of snack categories, from salty to sweet to spicy, to see what matches up with bourbon, rye, and barrel-proof bourbon.
More From How To
![Raw salmon steak on a plate on a wood table](https://mscwordpresscontent.s3.amazonaws.com/wa/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/whisky-with-salmon-150x150.jpg)
![Raw salmon steak on a plate on a wood table](https://mscwordpresscontent.s3.amazonaws.com/wa/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/whisky-with-salmon-768x431.jpg)
How to Pair Whisky With Salmon
Learn how to pair a variety of whisky styles from scotch to Irish with salmon that’s been smoked, cured, or oven-roasted.
![Glasses of whisky on a barn floor](https://mscwordpresscontent.s3.amazonaws.com/wa/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/tasting-lesson-barn-notes-150x150.jpg)
![Glasses of whisky on a barn floor](https://mscwordpresscontent.s3.amazonaws.com/wa/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/tasting-lesson-barn-notes-768x431.jpg)
How to Taste Barn Notes in Whisky
Learn how to pick up notes of burlap, barn boards, and straw in your whisky and where those flavors come from in the first place.
![Mugs of root beer and glasses of whiskey](https://mscwordpresscontent.s3.amazonaws.com/wa/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/root-beer-whiskey-150x150.jpg)
![Mugs of root beer and glasses of whiskey](https://mscwordpresscontent.s3.amazonaws.com/wa/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/root-beer-whiskey-768x431.jpg)
How to Taste Root Beer Flavors in Whisky
Both spicy and sweet, root beer notes can be found in a range of whisky styles, most notably bourbon and rye.
For videos with closed captions, please see the
Whisky Advocate video page on YouTube.