A growing number of American whiskey producers are experimenting with single malts—and some are as good (a few might say better) as the sacred stuff from Scotland.

One of the standouts is the smoky and peaty Sherry-barrel-aged whiskey from Seattle’s Westland Distillery.

That such a complex single malt is made in the Needle City is not surprising. The local barley is some of the best in the world, the water quality is the envy of other metropolises and, most importantly, the will-it-ever-stop-raining, cool maritime climate is eerily similar to Scotland’s.

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