Lost Lantern Announces Spring 2022 Collection
Independent bottler Lost Lantern has announced its Spring 2022 collection of single cask American whiskies. The Spring 2022 collection which will feature two bourbons, one rye, and one single malt, each bottled non-chill filtered, of natural color, and at cask strength.
2022 Single Cask #1: Smooth Ambler West Virginia Straight Bourbon Whiskey
Limited to 195 bottles at 61.5% ABV (123 proof)
Suggested Retail Price: $80.
This is the second of a pair of bourbon casks Lost Lantern selected from Smooth Ambler Spirits in Maxwelton, West Virginia. Smooth Ambler has long been on the vanguard of sourcing and blending whiskey with transparency and integrity. They’ve also been distilling and aging their own whiskey as they forge a new whiskey tradition in West Virginia. Distilled on Smooth Ambler’s own column still in West Virginia, it was aged in a 53-gallon barrel for 5 years. The nose has notes of toasted almond, white chocolate, and cranberries. The palate is rich and spicy, with clove, black cherry and deep oak flavors.
2022 Single Cask #2: Westward Oregon Single Malt Whiskey Finished in a Chardonnay Cask
Limited to 272 bottles at 60.5% ABV (121 proof)
Suggested Retail Price: $130.
Known for pushing the boundaries of craft spirits for almost two decades, Westward in Portland, Oregon has created a new style of American single malt built on the brewing culture of the Pacific Northwest. This single malt was made from 100% two-row malted barley grown in the Pacific Northwest. It was aged for 28 months in a new oak cask, then finished for 20 months in an Oregon Chardonnay cask. It has a structured and well-rounded palate with a big malty flavor that includes hints of white flowers, toasted pecans, and fresh pears. It is reminiscent of a meadow in the first days of fall.
2022 Single Cask #3: Frey Ranch Distillery Nevada Four Grain Straight Bourbon Whiskey
Limited to 188 bottles at 62% ABV (124 proof)
Suggested Retail Price: $100.
Frey Ranch, located in a unique farming oasis in the watershed of Lake Tahoe in northern Nevada, is where Colby and Ashley Frey have transformed their fifth-generation family farm into one of the most exciting distilleries in the country. Committed to doing things the right way, no matter how long it takes, Frey Ranch is one of the only true estate distilleries in the U.S. This cask is a 5-year-old straight bourbon whiskey made entirely from grain grown at Frey Ranch. It has spicy, earthy fruit flavors, with notes of black cherry and caramel vanilla creams. It is Lost Lantern’s first Nevada whiskey.
2022 Single Cask #4: Spirit Works California Straight Rye Whiskey Finished in a Sloe Gin Cask
Limited to 207 bottles at 56.5% ABV (113 proof)
Suggested Retail Price: $100.
Located in the heart of Sonoma wine country, Spirit Works is a family-run distillery built from the ground up with sustainable practices in mind. Highly awarded and respected, the distillery also has one of the very few female-led distilling teams in the United States. Most importantly, they make wonderful spirits like whiskey and gin. This special whiskey was made by finishing straight 2-year-old Spirit Works rye whiskey for an additional year in a cask that previously held the distillery’s sloe gin. The finish adds complex flavors of strawberry, raspberry, and juniper to the underlying spice, vanilla, and oak notes, making this whiskey similar in flavor to the iconic cocktail, the Boulevardier.
The Lost Lantern Spring 2022 collection will be available for purchase at lostlanternwhiskey.com and seelbachs.com beginning Wednesday, March 9th.
Photo credit: Lost Lantern Whiskey.
Source: Lost Lantern Whiskey.