Westland Garryana Edition 10 (2025)

Westland Garryana Edition 10

Spirit Type	American Single Malt Whiskey
Release Date	TBD
Whiskybase	WB286328, WB296743

Contents

1. Specifications
2. Release Info
3. From the Distillery
4. On the Bottle
5. Awards
6. Links
7. Databases
8. Reviews

Specifications

Vatting of 33 casks
Grain Bill:
- 42%: Five Malt
- 58%: Pale Malt (WA Pale, Copeland, 2-Row Distiller’s Malt, Pilsen)
- remnants of Garryana 1 & 2 are included
Cask Type(s):
- 22%: 1st-Fill New Garryana oak
- 17%: 1st-Fill Rum
- 16%: 2nd-Fill (Cooper’s Reserve)
- 15%: 1st Fill Pedro Ximénez Hogshead
- 10%: 2nd-Fill Garryana oak
- 8%: 1st-Fill Ex-Bourbon
- 6%: 2nd-Fill (Cooper’s Select)
- 5%: 1st-Fill Tempranillo
- 2%: 1st-Fill Port
Maturation Time: 10 Years

Release Info

Spirit Type: American Single Malt Whiskey
Release Name: Garryana Edition 10
ABV: 50%
MSRP: $149.99
Size: 700ml
Closure: cork with wooden cap with inlaid metal logo
Seal: shrinkwrap
Total Bottled: 7,872 (estimate)

From the Distillery

“Our exploration of Garryana began with purpose and curiosity in November of 2011. It was with that first cask that we saw the massive potential of our native oak, not just for its incredible flavor profile, but for its ability to distinguish, in a palpable way, the unique character of our Pacific Northwest terroir.
Since 2011, we’ve been waiting for the opportunity to showcase the qualities of our native oak in a new way, and to honor Garryana with the reverence and patience it deserves. Westland is releasing, for the first time, an age-stated whiskey, Garryana, Aged 10 years. The result of years of dedicated effort and the beginning of a new chapter for Westland, as we continue to explore the unique qualities of our Pacific Northwest home.
We hope you enjoy the journey as much as we have.”
Tasting Notes
- Nose: “Mulled wine with clove, walnut fudge brownie, lemon Danish pastry.”
- Palate: “S’mores, dehydrated strawberry, toasted cumin seed, blood orange.”
“One may forgive the partial perusal of percentages, for this release hollers a hackneyed hallmark of Scottish single malts: The Decade.
In 2015, I was mashing three times a week and ~blending on the fourth. We had ~2700 casks aging by the grand gulf of Grays Harbor County. Today, our ~8600 strong stocks are less coastal, but more connected to an agricultural enclave.
Our inaugural Garryana release was my first independent project - a quest to mimic an earlier version spoilt by taking the “5” in 5-Malt a little too seriously. Time has mended dysfunctional notes, and this blundered batch lends four casks to Garryana 10 - including that powerful Port cask called 5.
This minorly momentous occasion is not one we waited for. Each edition bulit upon pieces both curious and cumbersome - can this cask be defined, or relied on? Always more focused on the present while time offered its singular passing quality. Garryana 10 is more accumulation than culmination; a portrait revisted until it resembles itself, the starting over.”

On the Bottle

“A decade of exploring our native oak culminates against roasted malts and unique finishing casks to create this milestone release. The distinct character of garryana, matured for 10 storied years, reveals an extraordinary taste of Pacific Northwest terroir.”
“Westland’s Garryana American Single Malt is the ongoing exploration of Quercus garryana, a species of oak found only in the Pacific Northwest. Throughout the ages, these majestic trees have absorbed the essence of our native terroir, holding its secrets within their massive trunks. Every tree with its own craggy twists and cryptic translations. Each of edition of Garryana is made with whiskey aged at least ten years in Garry Oak casks, revealing a new facet of the complex story and nuanced flavor unique to this rare regional oak.”