You’ll likely notice that we’ve been covering more and more American Single Malt releases as the category is booming. The latest to enter the chat is Wolves Whiskey. They recently announced that their first-ever American Single Malt whiskeys, “Lot One,” under the brand’s Malted Barley Series banner.
Wolves acquired a very limited supply of single malt and malted barley whiskeys that were put down in 8 to 12 barrel lots starting in 2011. 13th generation Master Distiller Marko Karakasevic distilled each lot over a 10-day period in a small alembic pot still imported from Cognac, France in 1983. Lot One was distilled in 2015. Eleven of the twelve barrels were blended together by Wolves and bottled at 110-proof. The 12th barrel (barrel #574) was selected as a single barrel release, and bottled at 125-proof.
“Marko is an artist…this could be his opus,” said Wolves Co-Founder Jon Buscemi about the Single Malt. “This library of whiskey is insanely good.”
“We believe this could be the richest and most complex American Single Malt whiskey ever produced,” added Wolves CEO Jeremy Joseph. “ASM [American Single Malt] is an emerging category within the domestic whiskey landscape, and this is a best-in-class example of craftsmanship and flavor within it.”
Each bottle in the Wolves Malted Barley Series will be hand-numbered and wrapped by hand in a laser-cut, embossed, sheepskin label printed with UV light, and laid flush on heavy, French-cut glass.
Wolves will continue to offer its signature blend whiskeys, which are uniquely driven by whiskeys made from craft beer, and include American Single Malt in its focus moving forward.
In addition to rolling out its first Single Malt, Wolves has also announced it is erecting a new still in partnership with Karakasevic at its home distillery in Northern California. The new still will allow Wolves to continue its line of unique beer whiskeys and single malt whiskeys into the future and at scale.
Dropping tomorrow (April 6), 2,250 bottles of Wolves Lot One blended single malt expression will be made available through select retailers as well as through the Wolves Allocation List for $289. All 228 bottles of Wolves’ Lot One single-barrel expression will be offered privately to certain members on its Allocation List for $350.
