American Single Malt

Review #811; American Single Malt #12: McCarthy’s Oregon 3yr “Westmoreland Store Select”

This American Single Malt comes to us by way of Hood River Disitillers, the producers of the first American Single Malt. This whiskey is sourced two row peat-maled barley from Scotland and utilized a local brewer to make the wash. Distilled in a 60-gallon Holstein pot still using a single pass distillation with no chill

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Review #796; American Single Malt #11: Westland Single Cask #6062 6yr “K&L Select”

This single cask from Westland Distillery, located in Seattle Washington, was aged for 4 years in new charred oak before being aged 2.5 years more in a maple wood barrel that previously held Jack Daniels. This was dumped and bottled at cask strength with no color added, was non-chill filtered, and selected for K&L wines

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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.

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Review #788; American Single Malt #9: Balcones 4yr (2014) SMWS 140.2 “Shotgun Whirligig”

This bottling comes to us by way of the Scotch Malt Whiskey Society, specifically their US branch. This bottling is a 4 year old single malt from Texas based distillery Balcones. This single malt has been aged for 4 years in Texas in a First-Fill Ex-Bourbon barrel before being bottled at cask strength with no

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Review #741; American Single Malt #8: Westland 7yr Cask #775 “r/bourbon select”

This single barrel of whiskey comes to us from American Single Malt Producer Westland located in Seattle Washington. This 5-Malt Mashbill was distilled on 10/21/2013 and bottled on 2/22/2021 after being aged Virgin Oak Casks. ABV: 56.5% Nose: Big breadiness, Char, Tobacco Leaf, Faint Vanilla, Peppery, Dark Chocolate. Palate: Medium oily mouthfeel, Bready, Dark Chocolate, Char, Faint Vanilla,

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Review #740; American Single Malt #7: Westland 6yr Cask #2423 “r/bourbon select”

This single cask of American Single Malt comes to us by way of Westland Distillery. Based out of Washington state, this is a 5-Malt Mashbill that was filled on 1/28/2015 in a Red Wine cask then dumped on 2/22/2021 at cask strength with no additives. Coming in at a very proof this should be interesting

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Review #737; American Single Malt #6: Westland Cask #2949 6yr “r/bourbon select”

This single cask of American Single Malt comes to us from American Malt Producer Westland located in Seattle Washington. This Single Malt has a mashbill of 5 malts and was aged for 6 years in an Oloroso Sherry Hogshead before being bottled at cask strength with no color added and was non-chill filtered. ABV: 54% Nose: Nutmeg,

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Review #584; American Single Malt #5: New Holland Zeppelin Blend

This is an American single malt whiskey made by New Holland Brewing Company. It is aged in New American Oak with a heavy char. It has no age statement. I had this blind so keep that in mind while reading my notes. ABV: 45% Nose: Honey, Hay, vanilla, green apple Palate: Medium mouthfeel. Honey, green apple, hay, faint

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Review #521; American Single Malt #4: Copperworks 3yr (2016) SMWS 143.1 “Sea Buckthorn Tea Time”

This is a bottling from the Scotch Malt Whisky Society, an independent bottler. In this they have bottled a 3 year old cask from American Single Malt Producer Copperworks distilling co. This whiskey was aged for 3 years in a New Charred Oak Barrel, then bottled at cask strength with no color added and was

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