Made with Westland

Whiskey as an ingredient, and the life of ex-Westland barrels after they leave the distillery (and sometimes return)

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Items Using Westland Whiskey or ex-Westland Barrels

Over the years, Westland has occasionally featured whiskey-derived items in their tasting room such as soap made with spent grains, ChocMo chocolates made with Westland whiskey — https://www.chocmo.com/shop-chocolates/p/5-piece-westland-whiskey-caramels (dead as of Fall 2026), barrel-aged maple syrup — https://nowherefoods.com/maple (dead as of Fall 2026) by Nowhere Foods, and two different batches of barrel-aged coffee beans from Outer Dark Coffee. Full Tilt and Salt & Straw have both made ice cream that included Westland whiskey as an ingredient.

Both Copperworks Distillery and Captive Spirits Distillery have been reported as using ex-Westland casks to age their gin.1 In the case of Captive Spirits, the original Big Gin Peat Barreled was finished in ex-Westland casks (prior to acquisition by Hood River Distillers and the switch to Ardbeg and Laphroaig barrels).234. Fast Penny Spirits has finished their Amaricano in both peated and un-peated ex-Westland barrels. Continuing the peated barrel theme, Finnriver Farm & Cidery used peated ex-Westland barrels for their Peated Pommeau. Finally, independent bottler Lost Lantern used an ex-Westland cask to finish single malt from Santa Fe Spirits for their (Lost Lantern’s) fifth anniversary (after selling the original barrel contents as a single cask release)

Where ex-Westland casks crop up often is in the beer world. The Cask Exchange (CXE) series barely scratches the surface of the breweries that are using ex-Westland casks. The list of beers and ciders using Westland casks shown here is not complete. Be aware that some data is sourced from Untappd, which is of highly variable quality. Corrections/Additions are welcome.

Beers Using ex-Westland Casks

Ciders Using ex-Westland Casks

  1. Reddit AMA: “Locally, we’ve had a great relationship with Copperworks Distillery and Captive Distillery. They’re both doing some really cool gin aging in barrels (shameless plug - some of them are ours!) “ ↩

  2. Eater: Captive Spirits Introducing Three New Gins: Peated, Sloe, and Barrel Reserve ↩

  3. DrinkHacker: Review: Captive Spirits Big Gin Peat Barreled and Barrel Reserve ↩

  4. the Stranger: The Sweet Life of Barrels ↩

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ChocMo Westland Whiskey Chocolates (ChocMo packaging)

ChocMo Westland Whiskey Chocolates

ChocMo Westland Whiskey Chocolates

ChocMo Westland Whiskey Chocolates (Westland packaging)

Fair Isle Pjotr Saison

Fair Isle Pjotr Saison

Fast Penny Amaricano Veloce Cask Accomplice Westland Peated Barrel Finished

Fast Penny Amaricano Veloce (Peated)

Fast Penny Amaricano Veloce Cask Accomplice Westland Single Malt Barrel Finished

Fast Penny Amaricano Veloce (Unpeated)

Finnriver Peated Pommeau Apple Wine

Finnriver Peated Pommeau

Ghostfish Close Encounters of the 8th Kind

Ghostfish Close Encounters of the 8th Kind

NoWhere Barrel-Aged Maple Syrup Westland Whiskey Barrels

NoWhere Barrel-Aged Maple Syrup

Outer Dark Coffee Co. Barrel Aged in Westland Whiskey Barrels

Outer Dark Coffee, barrel-aged

Outer Dark Garryana Barrel-Aged Coffee Beans bag (front)

Outer Dark Coffee, Garryana barrel-aged