Tullamore D.E.W. Cider Cask
Tullamore D.E.W. likes the number 3. Triple distilled, triple blended, three ingredients. Making whiskey either by brand or by hand at their own distillery since 1829, when the original distillery opened in Tullamore. The D.E.W. of the brand name is from former distillery manager and owner Daniel E. Williams, who created what would eventually become the brand signature (and caused to have his initial stamped on the barrels, D.E.W.). One of the offerings from their large portfolio is this Tullamore D.E.W. Cider Cask, taking a spirit aged in ex-bourbon and ex-sherry casks and finished in bourbon barrels that once held apple cider.
Copperworks American Single Malt
Copperworks Distilling was founded in 2008 by Jason Parker and Micah Nutt in Seattle, both of whom have a background in brewing. The first number of years were spent learning about various elements of the craft spirits distilling via their work with gin and vodka, which they then used to inform their whiskey production. They are currently releasing their whiskey in individual batches, wherein each release has its own personality. Eventually the goal is to use this variety – along with the time to continually create and lay down stock – to hone in on a flagship release with core profile. They are active in the broader whiskey community in the United States and are at the forefront of regulatory standardization through their membership in several trade groups.
FEW Single Malt
FEW Spirits trades a lot on their location and story, but they have a right to. Housed in the home of the US temperance movement, owner Paul Hletko struggled to change the prohibition-era ordinances still on the town law books to be able to get his distillery running. Started in 2011, FEW makes their spirits grain-to-glass. The distillery has several offerings and the labels feature woodcut prints of wonders from the 1893 World’s Colombian Exposition in Chicago. The distillery’s name shares initials with Francis Elizabeth Willard (1839–1898), founder of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, which is based in Evanston. This single malt is not one of their current offerings but has been in the past, so can be still be found on shelves, with the idea it could be revived in the future.