The Second Westward Whiskey Milestone Now On Shelves

Northwestern distillery Westward Whiskey has marked its 20th anniversary with the release of Westward Whiskey Milestone Edition No. 2 – A Discovery of Spice. As a follow-on to last year’s inaugural release, Edition No. 2 reflects an unrivaled expression of spice, one that highlights Westward’s journey thus far while setting the tone for many iterations to follow.

Westward has invested two decades now pushing the traditional boundaries of whiskey making to constantly elevate what American Whiskey can be. Milestone is the pinnacle of this effort. By reimagining Old World winemaking and distilling techniques through the lens of its American Whiskey, Milestone is the direct expression of Verum Factum, their ‘maker’s knowledge’ gleaned over two decades as whiskey makers.

Milestone is raised from whiskey personally drawn by Master Blender Miles Munroe from a twenty-one barrel Solera system created exclusively for this annual offering. Used for centuries by European wine makers, the meticulous Solera method allows Westward to continuously age and blend some of its oldest and most precious whiskies with rare cask types, creating even more complex flavors in the process.

Each year, Westward draws just a small fraction of the whiskey for the Milestone release, replacing it with another unique whiskey from the barrel house.  Much like the coveted idea of an Infinity Bottle, introducing new, exceptional whiskies into the Solera system while continuously blending small amounts of whiskey from one barrel into another creates an always evolving yet infinite palette of deep, complex Westward flavors.

The result of this special approach to whiskey making is that no two Milestone releases will ever be the same. With each release year, Westward’s Master Blender captures a set of unique flavors that only exist in the moment and can never be reproduced. This time capsule in a bottle reflects a distinct moment in the Westward story, one that can never be told again.

By far the most ambitious, limited, and exclusive whiskey they will ever craft, Milestone is an intricately complex and evolving expression of Westward’s experience as a pioneering craft whiskey maker and a new pinnacle for American whiskey.

Westward Whiskey Milestone is bottled at 48.5% ABV (97 proof) and offered at $249.95 for 750ml.