Vital Stats: 106 proof, distilled from 100% barley and aged 30 months in 7 casks of new American Oak barrels. $59.89/750ml
Release 002
Production details: This release 100% two-row, pale malted barley, with 50% Great Western Malting’s WA Select Pale Malt and 50% being Great Western Malting’s Northwest Select Pale Malt.
Release 006
Production details: Five Malt recipe (75% pale malt and 25% caramel malts). The release combines seven barrels of Copperworks whiskey matured in new American Oak with a half cask of whiskey matured in a used Oloroso Sherry cask.
Release 011
Production details: Release 011 of Copperworks American Single Malt Whiskey 100% malted barley. It combines whiskeys made from two different recipes: five barrels made from our Pale Malt recipe and matured for 32 months in full-size, charred new American Oak barrels, and half of a barrel made from our Five Malt recipes and matured for 33 months in a barrel which previously contained Oloroso Sherry.
Nose: light roasted smoky cocoa beans, cinnamon, caraway
Taste: hints of nutmeg, burnt butterscotch, coffee, graham cracker with a touch of black pepper
Finish: long finish, dry malty, burnt sugar sweetness hints of clove and rosemary
Each release of Copperworks Malt Whiskey is different, so the big number on the bottom label is really important to get all the technical details of each release. Every product Copperworks makes, including the whiskey, begins as a beer with no hops. This batch was aged 30 months in 7 casks of new American Oak barrels.
Overall:
This whiskey is one of the many new single malt whiskeys being produced here in the Pacific Northwest and aged in new American Oak barrels. The new barrels make for a rich, bold flavored whiskey even at just 30 months the barrel. Of the 30+ American Single Malt Whiskies, I have personally tried this is one of my favorites. At 106 proof some may find this runs a little hot so I would also recommend adding an ice cube or a few drops of water.