Single Malt Whiskey, Lot 25

• Limited release American single malt whiskey produced by St. George Spirits in Alameda, California
• 100% malted barley; a combination of two-row barley varieties roasted at varying levels and unroasted Bamberg malt smoked over beech and alder wood
• Distilled in copper pot stills
• Lot 25 primarily aged 5 to 13 years; non-age statement
• Aged in a combination of 28 casks including ex-bourbon and ex-rye American oak, French oak that previously held apple brandy, rum, and port, and California ex-sauternes wine casks
• A nose of crème brûlée, marzipan, orange zest, fresh peach, and sandalwood transitions to a palate of cocoa, brown ale, peanut brittle, cherry cola, and nutmeg
• 43% ABV

St. George Master Distiller and industry vanguard Lance Winters released Lot 1 of the distillery’s single malt whiskey in 2000. While interest in American single malt was, at the time, indifferent at best, the category is now enthusiastically embraced by connoisseurs and was given legal criteria and recognition by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau in January of 2025 (a cool 25 years after the St. George Lot Series was begun). St. George celebrates this landmark anniversary, and their first release under the official category banner, with a vatting carefully composed by head distiller and blender Dave Smith using barrels from St. George’s over-2000-strong library of casks. Notably, the blend incorporates some of the very first whiskey barrel made with the Lot mash bill that Lance laid down, SM-01, underscoring this full-circle achievement.