Wolves The Malted Barley Series Black Leather Single Malt Aged 7 years 750 ml

Twelve barrels went into Wolves The Malted Barley Series Black Leather, a California single malt whiskey aged seven years — and only eleven made the final blend. The spirit came off an antique alembic brandy still in 2015, distilled from two-row pale malted barley fermented with California ale yeast, then aged in oak treatments ranging from light toast to char 3 with alternating Hungarian and American oak heads. The brand's published profile leans rich: maple syrup, orange, and vanilla up front; dark chocolate, currant, and stone fruit beneath; oats and oak on the way out. Lot One of the series sold out at the source. Pour it neat in a brandy snifter — the still it came off suggests exactly that.

How to drink Wolves Black Leather Single Malt

Serve it neat in a brandy snifter to match the antique still it was distilled on, giving the maple and stone fruit room to develop. Skip ice here — dilution flattens exactly the layered profile this small a batch was built to show.

American WhiskeyMash bill: Two-row pale malted barley · Alternating Hungarian and American oak, light toast to char 3 · California, USA