LOST LANTERN INTRODUCES NEW SINGLE DISTILLERY SERIES
Impartial Bottler Showcases a New Aspect of High American Distilleries
WEYBRIDGE, VT (April 4, 2023)—Misplaced Lantern, the award-winning impartial bottler of American whiskey, is worked up to announce the launch of its new Single Distillery Sequence. For its debut, Misplaced Lantern intently collaborated with two of probably the most thrilling names in American single malt whiskey: Balcones Distilling in Waco, TX, and Whiskey Del Bac in Tucson, AZ.
Every launch within the Single Distillery Sequence is a mix of a number of casks all sourced from a single distillery. These whiskies permit the Misplaced Lantern mixing crew to deeply discover what makes a distillery distinctive and particular, usually by bringing collectively flavors in a brand new manner and exhibiting a brand new perspective on a distillery. “Balcones and Whiskey Del Bac are two of the main voices in American single malt, and each have repeatedly damaged new floor for over a decade,” mentioned Misplaced Lantern Founders Nora Ganley-Roper and Adam Polonski. “We have been thrilled to work intently with the Balcones and Whiskey Del Bac groups to create the inaugural releases in our Single Distillery Sequence.” These limited-edition bottlings will attraction to whiskey fanatics looking for new taste combos and followers of Balcones and Whiskey Del Bac excited to discover the breadth of what these distilleries have to supply.
The brand new collection launches with three whiskies, all American single malts: “Mild Big” Balcones Distilling Texas Single Malt, “Desert Dessert” Whiskey Del Bac Arizona Single Malt, and “Mega Mesquite” Whiskey Del Bac Arizona Single Malt, all priced at $100/750ml.
The bottlings will probably be accessible for buy beginning April twenty sixth on-line at LostLanternWhiskey.com and Seelbachs.com, in addition to at choose retailers in California, New York, and Alberta, Canada.
The brand new Single Distillery Sequence builds on Misplaced Lantern’s long-standing Single Cask collection, which showcases distinctive whiskies from well-known distilleries and highlights distilleries which are in any other case troublesome to entry. “By bringing collectively a number of totally different casks, the whiskies within the Single Distillery Sequence permit us to discover the complete vary of taste a distillery can provide,” commented Ganley-Roper. The collection goals to showcase the flexibility, breadth, and depth of a few of Misplaced Lantern’s most beloved companions.
The Single Distillery Sequence may even allow Misplaced Lantern to make its whiskey extra broadly accessible. Whereas all of the releases within the collection are nonetheless restricted editions, with the most important being simply over 1,000 bottles, the quantity of the brand new collection will assist Misplaced Lantern make sure that whiskey lovers can entry their releases extra simply.
2023 is shaping as much as be an thrilling 12 months for Misplaced Lantern. Along with releasing the brand new Single Distillery Sequence, Misplaced Lantern has unveiled a brand new look, was named the 2023 American Impartial Bottler of the 12 months on the Icons of Whisky Awards America in February and on March thirtieth was named the worldwide Impartial Bottler of the 12 months on the worldwide Icons of Whisky Awards Gala in London. This spring additionally marks the primary time Misplaced Lantern will probably be accessible at choose brick-and-mortar retailers in each New York and California.
LOST LANTERN SINGLE DISTILLERY SERIES WHISKIES:
Balcones Distilling is greatest identified for large, daring, wealthy whiskies born within the Texas warmth, but it additionally produces elegant and delicate whiskies, usually aged in used oak. Mild Big shines a lightweight on this aspect of the Texas pioneer.
- Misplaced Lantern “Mild Big” Balcones Distilling Texas Single Malt: a fruit-forward whiskey with notes of recent apple, mushy oak, dry spice, and an extended end. This single malt consists of whiskey aged in European oak casks, an ex-bourbon barrel, and ex-apple brandy casks.
Proof: 115.2 | Bottles: 1,100 | $100
Named “Greatest American Single Malt Aged Below 12 Years” on the 2023 World Whiskies Awards
Whiskey Del Bac’s mesquite-smoked Arizona single malts are a distinctly Southwestern reply to the worldwide custom of peated whiskies. These two releases present two markedly totally different sides of what mesquited whiskey may be: boldly and powerfully smoky for “Mega Mesquite,” and wealthy, brilliant, and unctuous for “Desert Dessert.”
- Misplaced Lantern “Desert Dessert” Whiskey Del Bac Arizona Single Malt: a smoky, nuanced, and chic whiskey with notes of roasted orange, apricot, candy nectarine, and golden raisin. Made with Whiskey Del Bac’s mesquite-smoked mashbill and partly completed in Sauternes and Pineau des Charentes casks.
Proof: 113.8 | Bottles: 450 | $100
Named “Greatest American Single Malt” on the Fall 2022 John Barleycorn Awards
- Misplaced Lantern “Mega Mesquite” Whiskey Del Bac Arizona Single Malt: an intense and fiery whiskey with notes of burnt orange, full oak, fiery spice, and wealthy, savory smoke. A mix of three closely mesquite-smoked casks, this is without doubt one of the smokiest whiskies ever to come back from Whiskey Del Bac.
Proof: 120 | Bottles: 180 | $100
The primary three entries in Misplaced Lantern’s Single Distillery Sequence will launch on April twenty sixth. Different releases within the collection, which can vary throughout all types of American whiskey, will probably be launched beginning later this 12 months.
ABOUT LOST LANTERN
Based by Nora Ganley-Roper and Adam Polonski, Misplaced Lantern is an impartial bottler of American whiskey. In 2023, they have been named Impartial Bottler of the 12 months on the Icons of Whisky Awards America. The corporate seeks out probably the most distinctive and thrilling whiskies being made throughout the U.S. and releases them as single casks and blends, at all times with a deep dedication to transparency. Presently, the portfolio consists of American Vatted Malt Version No. 1, an award-winning mix of American single malt whiskey made in collaboration with six U.S. distilleries, 40 single casks (14 of which can be found now) and three whiskies from the brand new Single Distillery Sequence. Subscribe to Misplaced Lantern’s publication to study new choices as they change into accessible. Misplaced Lantern Whiskey is out there for buy at LostLanternWhiskey.com, at Seelbachs.com, and at choose retailers in California, New York, and Alberta, Canada.
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