St. George 40th Anniversary Single Malt Whisky (48%)

St. George 40th Anniversary Single Malt is an American single malt made by St. George Spirits of Alameda, California, to mark forty years since the distillery was founded in 1982. It is bottled at 48% ABV. Head distiller Dave Smith assessed more than 600 barrels before choosing 14 casks for the blend, which range from younger malts to some of the oldest whiskey in the distillery's stock. Only 1,982 bottles were filled, a nod to the founding year. The notes run to toasted malt, honey, dried fruit and vanilla on the nose, with cocoa and dried cherry on the palate, and a long, warming finish of malt sweetness, chocolate and toasted oak.