Shadow + Light

Whiskey And A Show
Lost Lantern created this special limited-edition release for ‘Independent Spirits – A Whiskey Series.’ This docuseries, from the producers of the film The Water of Life, celebrates the history and future of independent bottlers around the world, from their origins in Scotland two centuries ago to the new and innovative forms they’re taking today. As the first fully transparent independent bottler of American whiskey, we are proud both to be featured in the series and to be part of this worldwide tradition.
This whiskey is a follow-up to two of our award-winning blended malts: Flame, an American mesquite-smoked blended malt, and Shadow, an American peated blended malt. Those releases explored the flavors of mesquite and peat through an American context, but separately. This release embraces both at the same time. It is an homage to the new and the old: it brings together an American take on one of the oldest types of whiskey in the world, peated single malt, with a new tradition, mesquite-smoked single malt from the Southwestern United States. These come together to create a whiskey that is warm and bright and cool and dark all at once.
Smoked whiskies take many forms. This one is a billowing bonfire.
Shadow + Light
A Blend of Smoked Whiskey from Iowa, Oregon, New Mexico, and Arizona:
- Cedar Ridge, IA
- McCarthy’s, OR
- Santa Fe Spirits, NM
- Whiskey Del Bac, AZ
Batch: Episode 1, Scene 1
Age: 1 year age statement. Components range from 1 to 8 years.
Proof: Natural cask strength, 121.3 proof
Quantity produced: 415 bottles
Format: 750mL
Details: Non-chill filtered; no color added
Full Barrel Details
Full transparency is very important to our process, and we share whatever we can about all of our whiskies.
Cedar Ridge
- Age Statement: 8 years
- Mashbill: 100% malted barley, 40% peated
- Barrel Details: Used American Oak, ISC Cooperage, Char 3
McCarthy's
- Age Statement: 7 years
- Mashbill: 100% U.K. barley malted with Islay peat
- Barrel Details: Used American Oak, World Cooperage, Medium Toast Char #1
Santa Fe Spirits
- Age Statement: 5 years
- Mashbill: 100% malted barley, 30% mesquite-smoked
- Barrel Details: New 53-gallon oak, then Apple Brandy Finishing Cask
Whiskey Del Bac
- Age Statement: 1 & 2 years
- Mashbill: 100% malted barley, 40% mesquite-smoked in-house
- Barrel Details: New 15-gallon oak, then Pineau de Charentes Finishing Cask for 3 months
- Type: Blend
- Pour: Neat or on the rocks
- Glass: glencairn or tumbler




AWARDS & SCORES
We submit a select number of our releases to an even more select group of whiskey competitions. And it’s safe to say the judges have really liked what they’ve tasted. Here are some of the awards we’ve won.






