Heading Home at Westland Distillery

I’d heard people say whiskey takes them back to certain memories. Their grandmother baking apple pie. A back road they accidentally turned onto the summer they were 17. Reading a certain book for the first time.

They say you can’t go home again. At least you can have whiskey.

I enjoyed the notes–the creaminess, woodiness, fruitiness–but I just tasted whiskey. Not that I was discontented; I enjoy whiskey. But when I got a pour at Westland, I was transported back to a grove of birch trees in a forest in Poland, two summers prior. I could taste it all. The overcast sky that later stormed; the single oak we climbed in the sea of birch; the soft grit of moss and bark that ground into my palms. They say you can’t go home again. At least you can have whiskey.

Shopping

Westland Distillery

Seattle, WA

American Single Malt Whiskey from the Pacific Northwest.

Founded in 2010 in Seattle, WA, Westland Distillery mashes, distills, matures and bottles single malt whiskey in the heart of the Pacific Northwest with the mission of bringing a new and distinctly American voice to the world of single malt whiskey. Recently recognized as World Craft Producer of the Year at the World Whiskies Awards, Westland stands at the forefront of the new and emerging category of American Single Malt Whiskey. While the distillery uses the same basic ingredients and follows the same processes used for generations in the whiskey-making of the old world, the goal isn’t simply to replicate the results. Instead, Westland works to create whiskies that reflect the distinct qualities of its region; of the place where it is made and character of those who make it. see less

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Westland Distillery

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Rachel Bishop