Wolves The Malted Barley Series Lot No. 1 Single Malt Whiskey

In 2011, 13th-generation Master Distiller Marko Karakasevic  (also the master distiller for Charbay) laid down the first 12 barrels of what would become Wolves’ Malted Barley Series. In the following years, until 2019, Marko created twelve more 8-to-12-barrel lots of Malted Barley Whiskey.

Each lot was distilled over 10 days in a small copper pot still that was imported from Cognac, France, in 1983. The process creates distillate with a massive body and viscosity. Each lot is unique, with different sources and types of barley, different yeasts, and different maltings. Some lots were peated; some were not.

The lots were housed in American oak sourced from the finest cooperage in Napa Valley, typically relied on only by cult winemakers. The barrels provided were treated with one of six different toast and char levels, ranging from Light Toast to Char 3. Barrels also alternated between American and Hungarian heads, providing the darkest chocolate notes.

The variations in oak produced stark contrast across each lot of malted barley whiskey. One barrel in a lot is unlike the next, despite being created from the same whiskey run.

Each bottle is wrapped in a sheepskin label and hand-numbered in Los Angeles.