Contents
Specifications
- Grain Bill:
- Washington Select Pale Malt (80% of vatting)
- Bairds Heavily Peated Malt (20% of vatting)
- Cask Type(s):
- 2nd-Fill (Cooper’s Select) (ex-Westland) (80% of vatting)
- 1st-Fill Port (20% of vatting)
- Maturation Time: 8 Years
Release Info
- Spirit Type: American Single Malt Whiskey
- Release Name: Winter 2025
- Release Date: November 20, 2025
- ABV: 46%
- Size: 700ml
- Total Bottled: 300
From the Distillery
- “The first and only vatting of Winter was released in 2016. For those with the outrageous fortune to have sampled - you may faintly yet fondly recall a foundational feature that paired peat with Oloroso Sherry. As neck-snapping node to this construction, Winter 2025 again finds peat fortified, framed, and further diffused so the character may cast a mood rather than move mountains. That is to say, the pockets of port and peat arc towards subtlety surrounded by refill Westland casks.”
- Tasting Notes
- Nose: “Butterscotch ice cream, cinnamon bun, faint cedar, cooked cranberry.”
- Palate: “Vanilla bean, dark chocolate, grilled peach, glazed old-fashioned doughnut.”
Links
Databases
Reviews
Events
- November 20, 2025: Westland Winter Market
Archivist’s Notes
- “Nine years later, Winter returns. But this time the Flagship blend already occupies the flavor footprint of the original Winter. Winter 2025 is clearly different from Winter 2016, but a worthy successor. The majority of the blend is Pale Malt in refill Westland casks, supplemented by import peat in Port casks. The flavors are similar but different from the original. No Five Malt. No sherry. Still sublime.
For tasting, compare to Winter 2016, Reverie Fig 1, Coldfoot, and finally Flagship.”
