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American Single Malt Whiskey Timeline

American Single Malt Whiskey is a new and fast-growing category of whiskey.

  • 1996 — Clear Creek Distillery (Hood River, OR) releases the first modern American Single Malt, McCarthy’s Oregon Single Malt. Aged exclusively in Oregon oak (Garryana), it used peated malt from Scotland (initially Port Ellen, then Bairds)
  • 2000 — St. George Spirits (Alameda, CA) releases the second modern American Single Malt their Lot 1 release (distilled in 1997)
  • 2004 — Stranahan’s (Denver, CO) founded as the first distillery dedicated exclusively to American Single Malt
  • 2005 — Copper Fox Distillery (Sperryville, VA) begins production with a focus on floor-malting and fruitwood, not limited to single malt
  • 2010 — Westland Distillery founded as the second distillery dedicated exclusively to American Single Malt and first to use the term “American Single Malt Whiskey” on the labels
  • 2011 — Virginia Distillery Company (Lovingston, VA) founded as the third distillery dedicated exclusively to American Single Malt
  • 2016 — The American Single Malt Whiskey Commission is formed to establish a Standard of Identity
  • 2024 — More than 250 distilleries are producing American Single Malt
  • 2024 Dec 18 — TTB publishes the Addition of American Single Malt Whisky to the Standards of Identity for Distilled Spirits
  • 2025 Jan 19 — The Standard of Identity takes effect

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