In the westland american oak single malt review i told the story of how i first encountered westland.
Westland sherry wood american single malt whiskey.
Those hoping to find a friendly alternative to their usual bourbon may shy away from westland s expressions.
In true scottish tradition the mash bill is purely 100 barley relatively uncommon for american style whiskies.
This exquisite single malt is highly acclaimed winning awards one after another.
This is similar to the now widespread trend in scotland of double cask products.
Well that and matt s personality storytelling abilities and fantastic beard but mostly the whiskey.
Like the american oak the sherry wood release is aged a minimum of 3 years and.
In 2016 it won the gold medal at the whiskies of the world awards in american malt category.
In 2017 westland sherry wood received 97 points at the ultimate spirits challenge and won the master award at the american whiskey masters.
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.
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.
We celebrate this custom by filling hogsheads and butts sourced from the same region the scottish find their casks.