• Nose: 22 Palate: 22 Finish: 21 Balance: 21 Total: 86
  • Nose: Sherry bomb
  • Palate: Salty raisins and dried cherries
  • Finish: Long and sweet
  • Type: Single Malt
  • Age: 8
  • ABV: 59%
  • Distiller: Westland (Remy Cointreau) & Raising Glasses
  • Where made: Seattle, Washington & Dover, NH USA
  • Region: USA
  • Approximate Price: $90
  • Value: GOOD

Independent bottler, Raising Glasses, partnered with Seattle-based Westland Distillery to create the Seattle Music Series VOL 3 - "BLOOM" to honor the hometown of Westland Distillery with artwork inspired by Seattle's greatest musicians. The BLOOM 8 year American Single Malt is a single-cask whiskey (Cask # 2478) and features Westland's pale-malt barley recipe matured for over 8 years in a Pedro Ximenez Sherry cask. It was distilled at Westland in Seattle in Feb 2015 and bottled Nov 2023 in New Hampshire by Raising Glasses. I tasted this whiskey at First Fill Spirits (Saratoga Springs, NY).