Product Description
The name ISLACALIFA comes from the popular 16th century novel, The Adventures of Esplandián. In the book, Califa is the queen of an island made up of gold and pearls.
California Single Malt, distilled from cherrywood smoked 2-row local barley, matured in new American and French oak barrels, then finished in red wine casks.
- All ingredients are Northern California grown.
- Two-row barley sourced from a local malting house.
- Smoked over cherry wood.
- Double pot distilled, on grain, with a 550 gallon 4 plate short column pot still allowing us to make a more full bodied whiskey.
- Aged 5 years in 53 gallon charred tight grain proprietary blend of new french and american oak barrels. this oak regiment provides an optimum spirit to oak ratio. finished for 1 month in forté wine barrels. layering in complexity while complimenting the natural profile of the spirit.
- The inaugural bottling was in July 2022, for this exceptionally distinctive single barrel whiskey.