American Single Malt · 45.0% ABV
Single Malt
Price
$$$$
Availability
CA
Order size
1+ cases
12 bottles per case
California Single Malt influenced by a red ale recipe, using pale malt, Munich malt, and caramel malt. The barley is grown using sustainable practices in Northern California and floor-malted in Alameda, CA by Admiral Maltings, then aged just under a year in small charred American oak barrels.
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California Single Malt influenced by a red ale recipe, using pale malt, Munich malt, and caramel malt. The barley is grown using sustainable practices in Northern California and floor-malted in Alameda, CA by Admiral Maltings, then aged just under a year in small charred American oak barrels.
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The Brand
117° West Spirits
Vista, CA
117° West Spirits is a California craft distillery dedicated to the idea that California should have a whiskey and craft-spirit tradition all its own. Every spirit is made with 100% California-grown ingredients, from the grain to the water, distilled in-house on a custom copper still nicknamed Alexandria. The team draws heavily on a background in craft beer and brewing science, which shows up directly in the spirits: mash bills built around specialty malts like Vienna and German-style varieties, and even a whiskey vapor-infused with hops. The distillery operates a speakeasy tasting room in Vista, CA offering tours, classes, and private events alongside its bottled lineup.
View brand profile →The Founder's Note
117° West Spirits is led by Head Distiller Justin McCabe, who brings nearly two decades of homebrewing experience and holds a doctorate in chemistry from UC San Diego. He has chosen to weave his brewing background and scientific training together to reinterpret traditional spirit recipes, which is why the portfolio leans so heavily on craft-beer techniques like specialty malts and hop infusion applied to whiskey, gin, and rum.
How It's Made
Production centers on a custom copper pot still the distillery calls Alexandria, used across fermentation, distillation, barrel aging, and cross-style experimentation with specialty malts. The distillery leans on California's coastal climate to accelerate barrel aging and develop flavor in a shorter time than traditional whiskey regions. All grain, agave, sugar cane, and grapes used across the lineup are sourced from California growers.
Tasting Notes
A beautiful gold-bronze color with woody complexity on the nose reminiscent of Northern California forests, followed by subtle notes of dried fruit, fresh bread, and allspice on the palate.
