10th Street Peated American Single Malt Whisky

It's not often we get excited about young whisky here at K&L, but we regularly get excited about delicious whisky. The folks at 10th Street Distillery in San Jose, CA have killed it with their new peated single malt. They import Scottish peated malt, mash it with Sierra water and ferment in San Jose's unique microclimate. After distillation in copper Alembic stills, it's aged in used bourbon barrels and bottled at 46% ABV without chill-filtration. The peat and malt both come through loud and clear in a very well balanced whisky. Bravo to a new distillery.