Westland Sherry Wood American Single Malt Whiskey

We celebrate this custom by filling hogsheads and butts sourced from the same region the scottish find their casks.

Westland sherry wood american single malt whiskey.

In 2016 it won the gold medal at the whiskies of the world awards in american malt category. Those hoping to find a friendly alternative to their usual bourbon may shy away from westland s expressions. 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.

Well that and matt s personality storytelling abilities and fantastic beard but mostly the whiskey. Sherry wood while the practice of maturing whiskey in sherry casks isn t as long standing as peated whiskies it has become a standard of old world sensibilities. The westland sherry wood american single malt is the dram visited here. 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.

This exquisite single malt is highly acclaimed winning awards one after another. In 2017 westland sherry wood received 97 points at the ultimate spirits challenge and won the master award at the american whiskey masters. 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.