Westland Deacon Seat Tenth Anniversary Edition

Westland Deacon Seat Tenth Anniversary Edition

Spirit Type	American Single Malt Whiskey
Release Date	2021
Whiskybase	WB225018

Contents

Specifications

Grain Bill:
- Alba
- Five Malt
- Washington Select Pale Malt
Initial Cask Type(s): 3 cask vatting
- New Garryana oak
- 1st-Fill Ex-Bourbon
- New American Oak
Secondary Cask Type(s):
- 1st-Fill Ex-Washington Red Wine
- 1st-Fill Ex-Washington Port
Maturation Time: 64 - 84 Months

Spirit Type: American Single Malt Whiskey
Release Name: Deacon Seat Tenth Anniversary Edition
Release Date: 2021
Size: 700ml
ABV: 56.4%
Total Bottled: 400 (or 300)
Packaged in a boxed set alongside the Our West Is Whiskey book, but occasionally available stand-alone.

“2nd metaphorical bench of split logs for the bunkhouse”
“This vatting resulted from a blending project executed by Ellie, Danny, Brett, Josh, and me. Each production member created six prototype blends from nine cask samples - different samples for each person. After tasting these prototypes, three more were created based on sensory notes. If round two yielded a quality result, it was their “selection” - if not, subsequent blends were created. I sampled all round two & three blends and created three prototypes informed by all previous sensory notes and preferences. These fun/fancy/fun samples were reviewed by our production unit, M.J. Hofmann, and me to land on a consensus. If one were a 19th century lumberperson, surely the namesake bench on which you sat was a communal endeavor - so too was this vatting. Find a deluge of tasting notes below.”
Tasting Notes
- Nose: “Caramel, pancake batter, syrup, cherry, honeysuckle, lemon zest, slight cacoa, toffee/fudge, almonds, cinnamon rolls, baked apples/pears, cherry candy shell, Ovaltine, mandarins, digestive biscuits.”
- Palate: “Pepper, dates, pleasant bitterness, toasted oak, light clove, marshmallows, ginger tea.”
- Nose: “Caramel, pancake batter, cherry candy, honeysuckle, lemon zest, cacao, toffee, almonds, cinnamon rolls, baked apples.”
- Palate: “Dates, pepper, toasted oak, light clove, marshmallows, ginger tea.”

“Ten Years Of Exploration: The Deacon Seat is a symbol of new beginnings, new ambitions, and new possibilities. From it, we set out ten years ago to stake our claim in the world of whiskey. Now, we find ourselves a leader at the furthest reaches of exploration, faced with the unknown. We must make a new camp and set another Deacon Seat from which to embark on the next decade of inquiries. We have always seen the wall of the west as a door to opportunity. As we establish new outposts in the unknown wilderness of whiskies, we take care to acknowledge where we’ve been and to be present in where we find ourselves now. But the time for reflection is short-lived as there is much more work yet to be done and new doors to walk through.”

“Deacon Seat returns for Westland’s 10th anniversary in a very different form. While the original Deacon Seat made a statement with Five Malt in new American oak, the new Deacon Seat adds Alba and Washington Select Pale Malt to the Five Malt and broadens the cask profiles to include ex-bourbon, 1st-Fill Garryana, as well as red wine and port casks. In terms of blends, it doesn’t really follow the previous blends considering that it does not feature peated malt and does feature Garryana. In fact, there is a decided focus here on Pacific Northwest elements when one considers the Washington Select Pale Malt, Garryana casks, and two Washington wine finishes.
The most interesting comparison here may be to consider this Deacon Seat as an alternate Garryana release for 2021 and compare it to Garryana Edition 6, rather than comparing to some of the other blends.”

Gallery

Bottle (front)

Bottle (back)

Staff notes

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