Westland Solum Edition 1 Whiskey

Westland Solum Edition 1 is the first annual release of Solum from Seattle's Westland Distillery, a pioneer of American Single Malt. The name refers to the soil, and this peated whiskey is built around local peat harvested from a bog roughly two hours south of Seattle, taken from below the waterline rather than by draining the bog, in order to protect the ecosystem.

The grain bill is peated malt from Skagit Valley Malting, fermented with Belgian saison brewer's yeast for 96 to 144 hours. Maturation took place in Cooper's Reserve and Cooper's Select new American oak alongside first-fill ex-bourbon casks. The nose offers fresh apple, cinnamon and charred wood with savoury smoke, while the palate brings burnt sage, vanilla chamomile tea, coffee cake and pumpernickel toast. Bottled at 50% ABV, Edition 1 was limited to 4,044 bottles worldwide.