Westland Distillery is a distillery in Seattle. Their Garryana single malt whiskey was placed third best in the world in a 2023 blind taste test conducted by Whisky Advocate magazine.[1] Garryana is aged in barrels made from Pacific Northwest native Garry oak, Quercus garryana.[2] The company has a farm for experimental craft malting barley varieties in the Skagit Valley, north of Seattle, as well as purchasing barley from Skagit Valley Malting there.[3]

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  1. ^ "Seattle distillery makes history after whiskey ranks 3rd in the world". Seattle: KIRO-TV. December 14, 2023. Archived from the original on December 15, 2023. Retrieved December 15, 2023.
  2. ^ Jonah Flicker (January 13, 2023). "One of America's Best Single Malt Whiskey Distillers Just Revealed Details About Its February Release". Robb Report. Archived from the original on December 15, 2023. Retrieved December 15, 2023.
  3. ^ JACQUELINE (August 27, 2021). "Distillery opens whiskey facility to continue work with barley in Skagit County". Skagit Valley Herald. Archived from the original on December 15, 2023. Retrieved December 15, 2023.

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