Scotch. Sort of. Straight Out of Seattle.
Originally posted to www.WineandWhiskeyGlobe.com, by Mike Espindle
“With its industrial-hip distillery and hosting facilities in South Seattle, across from Harbor Island, Westland Distillery represents a terrific intersection of Pacific Northwest subculture and Pacific Northwest agriculture. Dedicated to creating a terroir-based 100% barley single malt, the distillery uses local grains, local water, and even local peat moss in their wonderfully divergent approach to creating scotch you can’t call scotch. The dedication is deep, and contagious. Two of Westland’s founders are also the founders of the American Single Malt Whiskey Commission, a collaborative body trying to establish standards and garner recognition and protection for the booming U.S. single malt industry. Evangelism is great, to be sure, but the sense of locality, experimentation, and innovation is abundantly apparent in their wares, as well…”
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