Lot 25 is now available at the distillery! Visit us to pick up a bottle of your own or order a bottle for delivery in California!
St. George Single Malt Whiskey is an American original: distilled, aged, and blended out of love for what a handcrafted single malt can be.
If you’ve tried any other St. George distillate, you owe it to yourself to taste the spirit that compelled master distiller Lance Winters to start distilling in the first place in the 1990s and earned him his place in the Whisky Magazine Hall of Fame.
Our Lot series single malt is a limited annual release. We laid down our first barrels of single malt in 1997, released Lot 1 of St. George Single Malt Whiskey in 2000, and have shared a new Lot in the series every year since as our whiskey program has grown and evolved.
RELEASE NEWS: Lot 25 is now available at the distillery bottle shop and in stock in our online store for delivery within California. If you’re in California, click below to order now. Lot 25 will also start rolling out to bottle shops locally and across the country in November 2025. If you're looking for a bottle near you, please contact us for assistance.
ABV: 43%
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Lance joined the distillery in 1996 with a bottle of homemade whiskey as his resume and the express purpose of making a truly original single malt here at St. George Spirits. Though the category of American single malt whiskey would not reach critical mass and receive official recognition for another quarter-century, he had a vision and a dream that was far ahead of its time.
We laid down our first barrels of single malt in 1997, released Lot 1 of St. George Single Malt Whiskey in 2000, and have shared a new Lot in the series every year since then as our whiskey program has grown and evolved.
Lance’s brewing background prior to joining St. George strongly informed our whiskey’s mash bill—using various roast levels of two-row barley to elicit rich aromas of toasted nuts and cocoa, and smoking a portion of unroasted barley over beech and alder wood to add base notes and additional complexity.
The resulting whiskey is expressive and inviting right off the still, but a variety of cooperage types contribute an even greater depth of flavor—creating a layered single malt with a signature all its own.
To create our most recent release (Lot 25), head distiller and blender Dave Smith selected and blended 28 casks out of 2,000 in our rickhouse, including used American oak barrels that previously held bourbon and rye; French oak barrels that previously held apple brandy, rum, and Port; and California Sauternes-style wine casks. The oldest single cask in Lot 25 is 13 years old, while the youngest cask is five years old.
As a nod to the roots of the St. George whiskey program, Dave also included some whiskey from SM-01, the first barrel of single malt laid down by Lance back in 1997.
St. George Single Malt Whiskey is an elegant expression of everything we love about whiskey.
On the nose, Lot 25 expresses crème brûlée, marzipan, orange zest, fresh peach, and sandalwood on the nose. On the palate, cocoa, brown ale, peanut brittle, and nutmeg are all present.
Sip neat to fully experience all the nuances and depth of flavor, or add nothing more than a single large ice cube. This is as good as whiskey gets.
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