Westland 9.99-Year-Old Peated American Single Malt

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Lost Lantern hand-selected this cask from Westland Distillery in Seattle. Westland makes single malt from barley that is chosen to maximize flavor and to grow well in the Pacific Northwest. A transformative voice in single malt, Westland is on the forefront of creating whiskey that truly reflects where it’s made.

This was made from malted barley heavily peated with Scottish peat and aged for exactly 9.99 years in a new oak cask. The nose leads with savory smoke and notes of scorched apple and roasted meats. It tastes like a marshmallow s’more, fresh from the fire. Smoky, fresh, and elegant, this is American single malt at its finest.

And why, you ask, was it aged for 9.99 years and bottled literally one day short of its tenth birthday? Well, for two reasons. First, to make a statement: what’s the difference between a 9.99 year old whiskey and a 10 year old whiskey? Not very much. And second, because our friends at Westland have yet to release their own 10-year-old whiskey. In fact, this single cask is to our knowledge the oldest Westland ever released. And we feel it is their right to be able to launch the first-ever Westland 10 year old, if and when they feel like doing so. We didn’t want to take that away from them.

2024 Single Cask #16: Westland 9.99-Year-Old American Single Malt Single Cask

Proof: 109.8
Age: 9.99 years
Quantity produced: 185 bottles
Format: 750mL
Details: Cask strength; Non-chill filtered; no color added

Cask Details

Mashbill — 100% peated malted barley, Bairds, ~55ppm
Maturation Barrel Info — New American oak, ISC Cooper’s Select, light toast heavy char
Barrel Entry Proof: 110 proof
Barrel Size — 200 liters
Finishing Barrel Info — N/A
Length of Secondary Maturation/Finishing — N/A

Type: Single Cask
Pour: neat or on the rocks
Glass: glencairn, snifter, or rocks glass

About Westland Distillery

A transformative voice in American single malt, Westland is on the forefront of creating whiskey that truly reflects where it’s made. In Westland’s case, that’s the Pacific Northwest, which has a unique climate offering growing conditions for grain and maturation conditions for whiskey unlike anywhere else in the world. Westland has embraced this, even going so far as funding a PhD student in partnership with The Bread Lab to help develop new strains of barley specifically adapted for the Pacific Northwest and for single malt production. The distillery has also embraced the use of local oak through its famed Garryana release and even uses Washington peat for smoking some of its barley. Westland is also the leading champion pushing for the formal establishment of American single malt as a federally recognized style of whiskey.

Learn more about Westland Distillery