Review #794; American Single Malt #10: Westland Single Cask #3859 6yr

This American Single Malt comes to us by way of Westland, a distillery located in Seattle Washington that specializes in Single Malt Whiskey. This bottling made with their 5-malt recipe was aged for its full term, 6 years, in ex-calvados cask before being bottled at cask strength with no color added and was non-chill filtered.

ABV: 61.3%

Nose: Baking Spices, Apple, Pear, Cinnamon, Nutmeg, Raisins, Figs, Bready, Dark Chocolate, Gingerbread,

Palate: Medium oily mouthfeel, Apple, Pear, Cinnamon, Nutmeg, Clove, Dark Chocolate, Bready, Raisins, Figs

Finish: Medium length finish, Apple, Pear Compote, Cinnamon, Nutmeg, Clove, Dark Chocolate, Bready, Fig

Rating: 8/10

This is quite the cask of Westland. The malty, bready, chocolateyness I associate with Westland is there and it marries with this very fruity and spicy cask that is like fall in a glass for me. It evokes warm apple pie on a crisp cool fall evening on a patio to me. An impressive showing from Westland, who continues to impress me on the American Single Malt Front.

1 | Disgusting | So bad I poured it out.

2 | Poor | I wouldn’t consume by choice.

3 | Bad | Multiple flaws.

4 | Sub-par | Not bad, but better exists.

5 | Good | Good, just fine.

6 | Very Good | A cut above.

7 | Great | Well above average

8 | Excellent | Really quite exceptional.

9 | Incredible | An all time favorite

10 | Perfect | Perfect