Golf – 10 Limited-Edition American Whiskies To Gift (Or Buy For Yourself) For The Holidays

Lost Lantern Westland Peated American Single Malt

In recent years, Lost Lantern has captured plenty of the whiskey industry’s attention. As the first independent bottler dedicated to American whiskey on a national scale, the label has balanced its efforts between creating unique blends and acquiring and bottling captivating barrels from craft distilleries located all around the country. One of its latest releases in the latter category, the Lost Lantern Westland Peated American Single Malt ($150) showcases a Pacific Northwest whiskey made from heavily peated malted barley and aged for 9.99 years. (Lost Lantern chose to bottle this whiskey one day short of the liquid’s 10th year in the barrel, because Westland, itself, has yet to release a 10-year-old single malt. Despite such respectful restraint, this Lost Lantern bottling still represents the oldest Westland single malt released thus far.) As for how it tastes, the highly limited whiskey (only 185 bottles were produced) offers up savory aromas of smoke and scorched apples and drinks like a marshmallow s’mores fresh from the fire.

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