High West Yippee Ki-YayOne day, just for fun, we put some rye whiskey into barrels originally used to age wine. When we mixed the vermouth ed and the syrah ed we discovered an all natural, not disgustingly sweet whiskey for the rest of us. Yippee Ki Yay shows best at room temp, neat. With a little time in the glass sitting idle (just a few minutes) the bouquet really opens up to its full potential.

By building off the strong base flavors found in the dark rum and allowing additional time for the blended rums to meld together

and toasted coconut

Bruichladdich Black Art 5

This spirit

These rare casks bring layers of mellow sweetness to Glenmorangie’s renowned smooth style

cane sugar

where it’s often used to mature cognacs

Lee himself

The result of this deft navigation of the distilling arts is a gorgeous single malt that is complex

Westward brings together the very best of the American whiskey and craft beer traditions

vanilla cream and final traces of ginger and nutmeg

nutty cheeses