Still Waters Distillery Releases Canadian Single Malt

(From Still Waters Press Release) Still Waters Distillery announces the release of the first Single Malt Whisky to be distilled, aged and bottled in Ontario. Stalk & Barrel Single Malt Whisky will be released on Saturday, April 27, 2013, exclusively at Still Waters Distillery’s on-site distillery retail store.

All Stalk & Barrel Single Malt Whisky will be bottled as single cask offerings in individually numbered bottles. The whisky is made by hand from 100% Canadian two-row malted barley in small batches in a custom built copper pot still. It is bottled with no chill-filtering or artificial coloring. The initial release will be from the first few casks of whisky made in 2009 and will be offered at full cask strength. A limited number of bottles will initially be available directly from the distillery, which will also start selling to Ontario residents online. However, the bulk of the product has already been allocated to markets outside the province, including the US and Sweden. Future casks will be bottled and offered for sale as they mature.

Distiller and company co-founder, Barry Bernstein, said, “We set out to restore the tradition of small batch craft distilling in Ontario that goes back centuries. This is the culmination of four years of hard work and patience.” Barry Stein, co-founder and fellow distiller remarked, “We are already seeing incredible interest for our single malt whisky and have increased our production to meet future demand”.

Still Waters Distillery is Ontario’s first grain-to-glass micro-distillery. Their focus is on handmade whiskies, with their Stalk & Barrel Single Malt Whisky being the first release. A rye whisky will be released in the future to extend the product line. They also produce an award-winning blended Canadian whisky, an award-winning single malt vodka, and a brandy.