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Los Angeles Whiskey: The Local Bottles Worth Pouring

LA has more whiskey makers than most people realize, from a Hollywood distillery in a former mortuary to a 9-year cask-strength wheat whiskey. Here is what we have been drinking, and how a bar would use each one.

Guides · October 16, 2026 · 5 min read

Four Hollywood Distillery bottles lined up on a gold and black granite bar: Oasis Vodka, Zanja-Madre Bourbon, Nopalera Gin and Zanja-Madre Rye Whiskey, with a bartender working in front of a backlit wall of bottles behind them