By Richard Thomas
(Credit: St. George’s Spirits)
St. George’s Spirits of Alameda, California is one of the small class of truly trailblazing craft distillers best described as “craft whiskey before there was craft whiskey.” Insofar as being a small whiskey-maker goes, they’ve been releasing annualized batches of American single malt for twenty five years now. Underscoring just how pioneering St. George’s work has been, Lot 1 Single Malt came out in 2000. That was four years before Stranahan’s in Colorado began making single malt in Denver.
The micro-distillery has reached its silver anniversary in whiskey-making, and Lot 25 will be coming out on November 8. The occasion will be marked at the distillery by a master class with master distiller Lance Winters and head distiller/blender Dave Smith, but the actual bottles will be available nationwide.
Bottles of Lot 25 are priced at $100 and available for pre-order through the distillery website.
* Editor’s Note: The Whiskey Reviewer has previously reviewed Lot 21.
