Impartial American whiskey bottler, Misplaced Lantern, just lately introduced their Summer time 2022 assortment that options seven limited-edition single casks from six American craft distilleries.
The gathering consists of whiskeys from McCarthy’s in Oregon, Frey Ranch in Nevada, Starlight in Indiana, Dad’s Hat in Pennsylvania, St. George in California, and Balcones in Texas.
Beginning June eighth, in time for Father’s Day deliveries, the Summer time 2022 single cask assortment goes up on the market on www.lostlanternwhiskey.com, at www.seelbachs.com, and at choose retailers in California and Alberta, Canada. Extra formal data on every launch is additional on on this article.
Misplaced Lantern Summer time 2022 Single Cask Assortment (picture through Misplaced Lantern)
Misplaced Lantern can even launch a restricted quantity of distillery accomplice exploration bundles. The collections will embody a number of releases from a single distillery to assist whiskey fanatics discover every distillery’s vary. These bundles vary in worth from $140 to $320.
“The Misplaced Lantern Summer time 2022 Assortment emphasizes comparability, displaying the total vary of the distilleries we work with and what we as an unbiased bottler add to that dialog,” mentioned Misplaced Lantern Co-Founders Nora Ganley-Roper and Adam Polonski, in a ready assertion. “All seven casks within the new assortment are supposed to be factors of comparability: typically to one another, typically to earlier Misplaced Lantern releases, typically to the distillery’s personal releases.”
Single casks are a focus of the Misplaced Lantern mannequin, impressed by the custom of unbiased bottlers in Scotland. Since their debut in October of 2020, Misplaced Lantern has launched 29 one-of-a-kind single casks from 16 American distilleries.
They embody Santa Fe Spirits (NM), Cedar Ridge (IA), New York Distilling Firm (NY), Ironroot Republic (TX), Whiskey Del Bac (AZ), Balcones (TX) Watershed (OH), Boulder Spirits (CO), Spirit Works (CA), St. George Spirits (CA), McCarthy’s (OR), Clean Ambler (WV), Starlight (IN), Westward (OR), Frey Ranch Distillery (NV), and Dad’s Hat (PA).
LOST LANTERN’S SUMMER 2022 SINGLE CASK COLLECTION
2022 Single Cask #5: McCarthy’s 3 12 months Previous Oregon Peated Single Malt Whiskey
(1240 btls | 114.1 Proof): SRP, $90
McCarthy’s is arguably the primary American single malt. This contemporary, approachable, closely peated single malt is made out of U.Okay. barley malted with Islay peat and was fermented, distilled, and aged in Oregon. It was aged for 3 years and 11 months in a second-fill 228-liter Oregon oak cask and has notes of leather-based, oak, iodine, and maple syrup-drizzled vanilla ice cream.
2022 Single Cask #6: Frey Ranch Distillery Nevada Three Grain Straight Bourbon Whiskey
(196 btls | 118.2 Proof): SRP, $100
Colby and Ashley Frey have remodeled Frey Ranch, a fifth-generation household farm within the watershed of the Sierra Nevada, into one of the thrilling distilleries within the nation. Frey Ranch grows all of the grain for all of its whiskies, making it one of many solely true property distilleries within the U.S. This 5-year-old straight bourbon is among the first three-grain whiskies ever to return from Frey Ranch. It has notes of chocolate, clove, spearmint, and balanced oak and is extra spice- and fruit-driven than their conventional four-grain model.
2022 Single Cask #7: Starlight Indiana Straight Bourbon Whiskey
(208 btls | 116 Proof): SRP, $80
Situated simply throughout the Ohio River from Kentucky and solely about 20 miles from Louisville, Starlight Distillery is a part of Huber’s Orchard & Vineyard, an Indiana establishment since 1843. This straight bourbon whiskey was aged for 4 years in a 53-gallon barrel and has flavors of lemon zest, cinnamon strudel, nutmeg, and creamy vanilla.
2022 Single Cask #8: Dad’s Hat Pennsylvania Straight Rye Whiskey
(188 btls | 127 Proof): SRP, $90
Pennsylvania has an extended and historic distilling custom relationship again to the colonial period, however by the Nineteen Nineties, Pennsylvania rye whiskey had disappeared fully. Mountain Laurel Spirits, higher identified by its flagship model Dad’s Hat, has introduced this custom again to life. This straight rye whiskey, Misplaced Lantern’s first from Dad’s Hat and first from Pennsylvania, was aged in a 53-gallon barrel for five years. It’s contemporary and grassy, with spearmint on the nostril and candied orange, chocolate, and clove on the palate.
2022 Single Cask #9: Dad’s Hat Pennsylvania Straight Rye Whiskey Completed in a Vermouth Cask
(119 btls | 119.9 Proof): SRP, $110
This launch was made by ending 4-year-old Dad’s Hat straight rye whiskey for five months in an ex-vermouth cask, which amplifies and builds upon the sweeter parts of the underlying rye whiskey. It has apricot and spearmint on the nostril, and a wealthy palate that balances huge baking spice, citrusy sweetness, and contemporary inexperienced grass. A singular and deeply flavorful twist that reveals how the precise end can naturally complement a whiskey.
2022 Single Cask #10: St. George Spirits California Single Malt Whiskey
(215 btls | 106.7 Proof): SRP, $160
Based in 1982 and positioned in Alameda, California, St. George is the nation’s first craft distillery and is famend for its dedication to experimentation, innovation, high quality and precision, contemporary and flavorful native components. After they launched their first single malt whiskey in 2000, they have been blazing a brand new path. Greater than twenty years later, they nonetheless do. Distilled on a pot nonetheless and aged for 3 years and 10 months in a brand new oak cask, this whiskey is an exquisite intermingling of soppy, floral flavors with light oak, clove, and nutmeg notes.
2022 Single Cask #11: Balcones Distilling Texas Single Malt Aged in a Tequila Barrel
(126 btls | 129 Proof): SRP, $120
Balcones is a pioneer, not simply in Texas Whiskey however throughout the board. Their experiments with mashbills, barrel finishes, barrel sizes, and new methods have helped break new floor in American whiskey. Cask #11 is not any exception. It spent 5 years in a used tequila cask that beforehand held Balcones Rumble, a spirit distilled from honey, sugar, and figs. This style-bending whiskey, born and raised within the Texas warmth, marries clear and chic single malt with uncommon flavors not often seen in whiskey. It has butterscotch, graham crackers, and chili chocolate on the nostril. The sunshine, spicy palate has honey, lemon pepper, and even hints of lime.
