Shadow & Light

A Blend of Mesquite-Smoked & Peated American Single Malts

Lost Lantern created this special limited-edition release for ‘Independent Spirits - A Whiskey Series.’ This docuseries, from the producers of the film The Water of Life, celebrates the history and future of independent bottlers around the world, from their origins in Scotland two centuries ago to the new and innovative forms they’re taking today. As the first fully transparent independent bottler of American whiskey, we are proud both to be featured in the series and to be part of this worldwide tradition.
 
This whiskey is a follow-up to two of our award-winning blended malts: Flame, an American mesquite-smoked blended malt, and Shadow, an American peated blended malt. Those releases explored the flavors of mesquite and peat through an American context, but separately. This release embraces both at the same time. It is an homage to the new and the old: it brings together an American take on one of the oldest types of whiskey in the world, peated single malt, with a new tradition, mesquite-smoked single malt from the Southwestern United States. These come together to create a whiskey that is warm and bright and cool and dark all at once.
 
Smoked whiskies take many forms. This one is a billowing bonfire.

Distilled by:

• Cedar Ridge, Swisher, IA
• McCarthy’s, Hood River, OR
• Santa Fe Spirits, Santa Fe, NM
• Whiskey Del Bac, Tucson, AZ

Batch: Episode 1, Scene 1
Proof: Natural cask strength, 121.3 proof
Quantity Produced: 415 bottles
Format: 750ml
Age: 1 year age statement. Components range from 1 to 8 years:

• Cedar Ridge: 8 years
• McCarthy’s: 7 years
• Santa Fe Spirits: 5 years
• Whiskey Del Bac: 1 & 2 years

Mashbill:

• Cedar Ridge: 100% malted barley, 40% peated
• McCarthy’s: 100% U.K. barley malted with Islay peat
• Santa Fe Spirits: 100% malted barley, 30% mesquite-smoked
• Whiskey Del Bac: 100% malted barley, 40% mesquite-smoked in-house

Barrel Details:

• Cedar Ridge: Used American Oak, ISC Cooperage, Char 3
• McCarthy’s: Used American Oak, World Cooperage, Medium Toast Char #1
• Santa Fe Spirits: New 53-gallon oak, then Apple Brandy Finishing Cask,
• Whiskey Del Bac: New 15-gallon oak, then Pineau de Charentes Finishing Cask for 3 months

Details: Cask strength, non-chill-filtered, no color added