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The first release in the Raising Glasses Seattle Music series, Stories featured the Five Malt grain bill finished in a rum cask.
Specifications
- Grain Bill: Five Malt
- Distillation Date: December 2014
- Initial Cask Type: Not stated
- Secondary Cask Type: Mount Gay Rum, re-racked February 2019
- Secondary Maturation Time: 4 Years, 8 Months
- Bottling Date: November 2023
- Total Maturation Time: 8 Years (stated)
Release Info
- Cask Number: 6540
- Spirit Type: American Single Malt Whiskey
- Bottler: Raising Glasses
- Series: Seattle Music
- Release Name: Vol. 1: STORIES
- Release Date: 2023
- ABV: 55%
- Size: 750ml
- MSRP: $84.99
From The Bottler
- Raising Glasses #22
On The Label
- “We honor the hometown of Westland Distillery with artwork inspired by Seattle’s greatest musicians. This “STORIES” 8 year American Single Malt bottling features Westland’s Five Malt barley recipe finished for 4 years 8 months in a Barbados rum cask, creating a well rounded medley with notes of powdery cocoa, brown sugar, toffee and lemon peel.”
- “5% of profits go to the Looking Out Foundation”
- “BOTTOMS UP BITCHES!”
Links
- Raising Glasses: STORIES
- First Fill Spirits: Raising Glasses 8YR ‘Stories’ Westland Single Malt
- Burlington Wine & Spirits: Raising Glasses - “Stories” Westland 8 Year Five Malt Barley Rum Cask #6540 110 Proof (750ml)
Databases
Reviews
- The Auditor Reviews: RAISING GLASSES STORIES WESTLAND 8 YEAR BARBADOS RUM FINISH
- Malt Runners: Raising Glasses Stories Westland 8 Year Barbados Rum Finish
- reddit r/bourbon: Review #1140; American Single Malt #31: Raising Glasses Stories Westland 8 Year Barbados Rum Finish (LIFOanAccountant)
- Whisk(e)y Points: Westland 8 Yr American Single Malt (Raising Glasses – STORIES Cask #6540)