Westland Sherry Wood American Single Malt Whiskey

Like the american oak the sherry wood release is aged a minimum of 3 years and.

Westland sherry wood american single malt whiskey. The westland sherry wood american single malt is the dram visited here. This is similar to the now widespread trend in scotland of double cask products. 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.

We celebrate this custom by filling hogsheads and butts sourced from the same region the scottish find their casks. 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. Well that and matt s personality storytelling abilities and fantastic beard but mostly the whiskey. In the westland american oak single malt review i told the story of how i first encountered westland.

In true scottish tradition the mash bill is purely 100 barley relatively uncommon for american style whiskies. 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.