Copperworks Distilling Co. has unveiled its second annual Archive Release, offering whiskey collectors a chance to acquire some of the distillery’s most limited and historically significant bottles from past years.

This exclusive collection, featuring even fewer bottles than last year’s inaugural event, is now available for public purchase.

Historic First Releases Among Offerings

The collection includes Copperworks’ historic Release 001, the distillery’s very first whiskey. Crafted from pale malted barley and aged for 2 years and 6 months in charred new American oak, only four bottles of this significant whiskey remain available.

Also featured is Release 003, the first whiskey made with Copperworks’ signature Five Malt recipe, with just two bottles remaining. For collectors of award-winning spirits, Release 012 – named “2018 Best American Single Malt Whiskey” by Tastings.com with 96 points and a Platinum Medal – offers eight bottles.

Specialty Cask Finishes Highlight Collection

The archive includes several specialty cask-finished expressions that showcase Copperworks’ experimental approach. Among them is the Black is Beautiful American Single Malt Whiskey, created in collaboration with Garden Path Fermentation to support the Black is Beautiful initiative. For each bottle sold, $40 will be donated to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.

Other notable offerings include a Washington State peated whiskey matured for over five years (Release 042), Moscatel Cask Finished American Single Malt Whiskey, and two unique gin expressions finished in Amaretto and Caol Ila Peated casks.

Whiskey enthusiasts can purchase these rare bottles exclusively through Copperworks’ online store now, with quantities extremely limited across all offerings.

Copperworks Distilling Co. Archive Release Two 

The full list of bottles in Copperworks Distilling Co.’s second Archive Release is: 

• Release 001 – Copperworks’ very first whiskey release, crafted from pale malted barley and matured for 2 years and 6 months in charred new American oak. (Only 4 bottles available) | First Released: August 27, 2016
• Release 003 – The first whiskey made with Copperworks’ signature Five Malt recipe, matured in full-sized charred new American oak barrels for 2 years and 10 months. (Only 2 bottles available) | First Released: January 31, 2017
• Release 012 – Tastings.com named this release a “2018 Best American Single Malt Whiskey” with 96 points and a Platinum Medal. This American Single Malt Whiskey is a blend of Copperworks’ Five Malt and Pale Malt recipes. (Only 8 bottles available)First Released: June 19, 2018
• Release 029 – Created by combining five casks of whiskey distilled from a variety called “Full Pint” – a cask of Copperworks’ Five Malt recipe and whiskey aged in a Cognac cask and finished in an Oloroso Sherry casks. Each of these whiskeys matured for at least 2 years and 7 months prior to creating this release. (Only 15 bottles available) | First Released: February 26, 2020
• Release 042 – Created from six casks of Washington State peated whiskey that were matured for more than five years. Brewed and distilled with 100% of the Copeland variety of barley that was smoked during the malting process with peat from a lakebed on the Olympic Peninsula. (Only 12 bottles available) | First Released: February 26, 2022
• Moscatel Cask Finished American Single Malt Whiskey – This whiskey was crafted from pale malt that matured for 3 years and 8 months in two new charred American oak casks. The whiskey was then transferred to a Moscatel cask and finished for 11 months.  (Only 6 bottles available) | First Released: November 2, 2022
• Black is Beautiful American Single Malt Whiskey – In support of the Black is Beautiful initiative, Copperworks teamed up with Garden Path Fermentation, taking a Copperworks Whiskey cask they used to brew a mixed-fermentation imperial stout and using it to finish this Copperworks Whiskey for 105 days. The finished whiskey was initially distilled from Copperworks’ Pale malt recipe and matured for just over 3 years in charred new American oak. $40 of the sale of each bottle will be donated to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. (Only 4 bottles available) | First Released: November 17, 2021
• Amaretto Cask Finished Gin – Part of its experimental series, this limited-edition version of Copperworks Cask Finished Gin has been finished for 10 months in a cask that previously held Sons of Vancouver Amaretto. (Only 11 bottles available) | First Released: February 28, 2018
• Caol Ila Peated Cask Finished Gin – A limited-edition gin finished in a cask previously holding Caol Ila Scotch Whisky. (Only 16 bottles available) | First Released: October 12, 2021

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