Westward American Single Malt Stout Cask / 46% / 0.7l

House Spirits Distillery began in 2004 in Corvalis, Oregon and relocated to Portland a year later.

Its first market hit was Aviation American Gin, but after another move to a larger facility (2015), the company focused on whiskey production. The plant is equipped with two copper stills, distills from locally grown two-row barley, and uses brewer's yeast for fermentation. After the second distillation, the distillate is placed in lightly charred American oak barrels. The whiskey presented here, after maturing in the aforementioned barrels, was finished for a year in stout barrels from Oregon micro-breweries. In 2018, a minority share in the distillery was purchased by Distill Ventures, a company belonging to the Diageo concern.

Armat: malted barley, orange peel, bananas, black cherries, dark chocolate, cinnamon, nutmeg, hints of hops and oak.

Taste : cocoa powder, barley malt, nougat, honeydew melon, brown sugar, cinnamon, anise and wonderfully woven oak bitterness.

Finish: medium long, with notes of chocolate, coffee, caramel, bitter orange jam, hops and oak.