Westward Whiskey

Westward Whiskey is made in Portland, Oregon, not Tennessee. It grew out of House Spirits Distillery, founded by Christian Krogstad in the early 2000s, and is one of the best-known names in the American single malt movement.

The approach borrows from Pacific Northwest brewing: the wash is made from two-row barley malted for pale ale and fermented with ale yeast, then double distilled in pot stills. The spirit is matured in new, lightly charred American oak, which gives a rich, sweet and malty style.

The core is Westward Single Malt, alongside cask strength releases and finishes such as Stout Cask and Pinot Noir Cask, the latter a nod to Oregon wine. Some bottlings here were made for retailers.

Westward is mostly bottled by the distillery, but independent bottlings exist, such as single casks from The Heart Cut.