Westland Rum Cask Finish

Westland Rum Cask Finish

Spirit Type	American Single Malt Whiskey
Release Date	June 6, 2026
Whiskybase	TBD

Contents

First 80 customers at the release event received a free Westland rum cask glass.

Specifications

3 cask vatting
59%
- Five Malt
- Initial Casks: (Cooper’s Reserve) and (Cooper’s Select)
- Initial Maturation: 5 Years
- Secondary Cask: 1st-Fill Mount Gay Rum
- Secondary Maturation: 6 Years
- Total Maturation: 11 Years
41%
- Washington Pale Malt
- 2nd-Fill (Cooper’s Reserve)
- Maturation Time: 6 Years
Minimum Maturation Time: 6 Years

Tasting Notes
- Nose: “Waffle cone, apricot preserve, vanilla bean ice cream, caramel.”
- Palate: “Lemon meringue, mint chocolate chip, grapefruit peel.”
“Westland’s American Single Malt has always reflected where it comes from. The Pacific Northwest gives our whiskey a distinctive texture and character: rich malted barley, dark fruit, fresh grain, coffee, chocolate, and the slow influence of a cool maritime climate.
Rum Cask Finish offers an opportunity to view these flavors through a completely different lens. Inside the Mount Gay casks, the whiskey began pulling forward notes we rarely encounter in such vivid form. Apricot preserve, brightness emerged beside mint chocolate chip and grapefruit peel. Baking spice deepened into something warmer and more confectionary. Brown sugar richness wrapped itself around Westland’s signature malt character while the structure of the whiskey remained unmistakably our own.”
“Every release in our Cask Exploration Series asks a question about what American Single Malt can become when placed in dialogue with another tradition, another material, or another place. Rum Cask Finish may be our most transportive answer yet. The contrast between Barbados and Seattle makes both places more vivid. Tropical warmth becomes sharper beside coastal coolness. Rum sweetness becomes more compelling beside roasted malt and oak. Two distinct traditions remain intact inside the glass, neither overshadowing the other.”