"People lined up to purchase a bottle of Garryana American Single Malt, an annual limited-edition release celebrating its 10th year, as well as the first age-statement bottling by the Seattle distillery. It also marked nearly a year since American Single Malt whiskey was officially recognized by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) as a spirits category (or "standard of identity"),"
""We were founded on a couple of core beliefs," says Master Distiller Tyler Pederson. "One, the raw materials in whiskey had a significant flavor that mattered. The second was that the raw materials, depending on where they grew, were going to have different characteristics, that notion of provenance or terroir. And the third was really kind of combining those things, and that if all the steps are done appropriately, the flavor of those fields and the region can carry through to the final product.""
On October 18, 2025 Westland held a release event for Garryana American Single Malt, a 10th-anniversary limited edition and the distillery's first age-statement bottling. Nearly a year earlier the TTB recognized American Single Malt as a spirits category after a ratification process begun in 2017. Weeks before the release a delivery truck theft removed about 40% of the Garryana stock and shipments of two other products, causing nearly $1 million in losses. Westland was founded in 2011 to define Pacific Northwest whiskey. Master Distiller Tyler Pederson emphasizes provenance and raw materials. Distillation occurs in Seattle's SoDo and aging in Skagit Valley. Westland sold to Rémy Cointreau in 2017 and is a Certified B Corp.
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