Westward Okay&L Unique Cask Power Single Barrel #277 ~ American Single Malt Whiskey Information
October fifteenth, 2022
Westward Okay&L Unique Single Barrel #277 Cask Power Single Barrel American Single Malt Whiskey
(750ml) (Beforehand $100)
$70.00 View
Westward has lengthy been producing a few of the best American single malts accessible due to a couple intentional decisions, plus their Scotland-like local weather in Oregon. We’ve chosen one among their oldest accessible casks and it’s a traditional. Westward solely makes use of Pacific Northwest-grown barley, and it’s all malted simply ten miles from the distillery at Nice Western Maltings. This two-row barley is malted to spec—excessive colour pale malt—which might be one thing akin to a medium or medium+ espresso roast. This brings out an array of lovely toasted flavors starting from filberts, almonds, and low to chocolate nibs and cereals. Maybe the most important taste differentiator is within the yeast selection. The overwhelming majority of distillers use a extremely environment friendly distiller’s yeast; not so right here. Westward employs the Chico Pressure ale yeast—the exact same yeast that accounts for the flavour of Sierra Nevada’s well-known Pale Ale. Mix that with a low and sluggish 5 day ferment and the tropical fruit esters within the whiskey are off the charts. Candy mash results in slightly further variation from barrel to barrel, making the choice that rather more particular. Our barrel was aged in model new #2 char 100% American oak for over 5 years in Clackamas, Oregon. The predominantly cool and moist local weather with a brief scorching summer time isn’t all that totally different from Scotland, permitting for that ester growth and barrel extraction mixture that makes nice single malt so particular. Distilled 04/21/16. Bottled 06/10/21.
