Westland Sherry Wood American Single Malt Whiskey

In true scottish tradition the mash bill is purely 100 barley relatively uncommon for american style whiskies.

Westland sherry wood american single malt whiskey.

Well that and matt s personality storytelling abilities and fantastic beard but mostly the whiskey. Like the american oak the sherry wood release is aged a minimum of 3 years and. In 2017 westland sherry wood received 97 points at the ultimate spirits challenge and won the master award at the american whiskey masters. We celebrate this custom by filling hogsheads and butts sourced from the same region the scottish find their casks.

Those hoping to find a friendly alternative to their usual bourbon may shy away from westland s expressions. The westland sherry wood american single malt is the dram visited here. The distillery uses both ex oloroso and ex px sherry casks and blends the resulting full term sherry matured malt whiskey with the westland whiskey aged in new american oak. In the westland american oak single malt review i told the story of how i first encountered westland.

This is similar to the now widespread trend in scotland of double cask products. Westland sherry wood bottling note an american single malt whiskey from the seattle based craft distillery westland craft producer of the year icons of whisky 2016 matured in casks that previously held oloroso and pedro ximénez sherry. That same night was also my first taste of the westland sherry wood single malt the american oak had captured my attention and the sherry wood kept it.