SM.25.002
THE HOT ONE
SPIRIT DETAIL
BRAND: Westland
CLASSIFICATION: American Single Malt
AGE: 8 year 11 month
MASH BILL: 100% malted barley
ALCOHOLIC CONTENT: 51.40% ABV | 102.80 proof
CASK INFO: 2nd fill Tobasco Cask | #4156
YIELD: 126 bottles
ENVIRONMENT: Seattle, WA
TASTING NOTES
NOSE: Salted dark chocolate, dark cocoa nibs, tinge of vinegary peppers, mole (sauce), Mexican mocha, slightly herbaceous
PALATE: Instant hit of spice and brine, fresh peppercorns, sweet mole, dissipating to round and viscous chocolatey sweetness, sandalwood, salted caramel, smoof
FINISH: Aged salt water, waxy pepper skins, mouth watering, Turkish tobacco, lingering pepper spice, more dark chocolate underpinning it all
CASE USE: Spicccey Old Fashioned | Bloody Mary
BEHIND THE BOTTLE
2016 - Westland Distillery based out of Seattle, WA releases the first ever whiskey done in Tabasco casks, coined Inferno, as an April Fools joke.
2018 - George Dickel Distillery based out of Tullahoma, TN releases ‘Hot Dickel’ because the parent company Diageo just wanted to see if Fireball without any artificial flavoring would be a hit in the market.
2025 - Allocated Bottle Shop based out of Anchorage, AK releases The Hot One, a single malt that was refilled in Westland’s Inferno to the general public to showcase that a cask sometimes just needs to be used and abused a bit before showing its true potential.
Three different years and three different iterations of Tabasco cask finished whiskies. One is actually drinkable and only one showcases what fire whiskey really is.
This cask was hilariously selected nearly as a joke…until it wasn’t.
This cask was picked in the same trip that the gents from ALCTD visited Westland when picking The East Meets West cask. It was a two day tour, where the first day was all business in picking the second American Single Malt to be given the rose to be on the shelves at Allocated. Day two, absolutely just trying fun and experimental stuff out of Westland’s rickhouses.
The story on this pick may be a bit too long for the bottle info page, so read about it HERE.
Long story short- the team wanted weird, wild and exciting. The Hot One was born.
Pick Contributors: Ylli (AWGF), Long (The Don), Scott M.
Tasting Notes Contributors: AWGF, The Don, Chris (The King), Matt (The Muscle)
AVAILABLE NOW AT ALLOCATED!
$76.99
