Westland Distillery
Founded in 2010 in Seattle, WA, Westland Distillery mashes, distills, matures and bottles single malt whiskey in the heart of the Pacific Northwest with the mission of bringing a new and distinctly American voice to the world of single malt whiskey.www.westlanddistillery.com
9
MENTIONS
6
EPISODES
6
PODCASTS
Search complete. 9 mentions across 6 episodes found for "Westland Distillery".
Oct 4, 2026
Whiskey on the Big Screen
M
21:36Mark GillespieHOST
Since then, he's gone on to make three more films about whiskey.
M
21:39Mark GillespieHOST
His latest is West of Tradition, a look at the American single malt movement, largely through the story of Seattle's Westland Distillery.
M
21:48Mark GillespieHOST
Greg is heading off to China this month to shoot his latest film project on the growing Chinese single malt industry.
M
21:56Mark GillespieHOST
But before he left, we sat down for a Zoom call to catch up.
West of Tradition American Single Malt Documentary w/Director Greg Swartz
J
4:08Joshua HattonHOST
We've got the wonderful Greg Schwarz, director of West of Tradition, which is his latest documentary, which sort of centers around, well, it's about American single malt.
J
4:23Joshua HattonHOST
uses sort of Westland distillery as its center, similar to the Water of Life film, which was about Scotch whiskey and sort of used Bercolati as sort of that center point, right, that sort of North Star.
J
4:38Joshua HattonHOST
And thank you.
J
4:41Joshua HattonHOST
Look at you with the words.
West of Tradition American Single Malt Documentary w/Director Greg Swartz
J
4:08Joshua HattonHOST
We've got the wonderful Greg Schwarz, director of West of Tradition, which is his latest documentary, which sort of centers around, well, it's about American single malt.
J
4:23Joshua HattonHOST
uses sort of Westland distillery as its center, similar to the Water of Life film, which was about Scotch whiskey and sort of used Bercolati as sort of that center point, right, that sort of North Star.
J
4:38Joshua HattonHOST
And thank you.
J
4:41Joshua HattonHOST
Look at you with the words.
What If Winning Ruins The Hobby: Episode 170
M
7:41MikeHOST
do, Dave.
M
7:41MikeHOST
I have a Westland Flagship American Single Malt Whiskey.
M
7:47MikeHOST
Oh, my.
M
7:48MikeHOST
Where did that come from? This came from Washington State, Burlington, Washington, through the cautious hands of Tim Nelson from the Seattle Club, so...
26 MINS LATER
M
33:47MikeHOST
Tim Nelson has written in.
M
33:49MikeHOST
Tim is the provider of tonight's modeling fluid being consumed by Mike.
M
33:54MikeHOST
In fact, he asks, have you all tried the Westland distillery whiskey yet? Well, it's kismet, man.
M
34:00MikeHOST
It's perfect timing.
White Sox opener strategy UNDER FIRE, but old problems also led to missed opportunity to clinch
N
15:19Nick MurawskiGUEST
They're always really good with what they bring.
N
15:21Nick MurawskiGUEST
And obviously, Off Hours Brewing Company and a new whiskey vendor, Westland Whiskey, out of the Westland Distillery.
N
15:31Nick MurawskiGUEST
That's an American single malt.
N
15:33Nick MurawskiGUEST
So, very excited to have them on board for the first time as, you know, we're trying to just expand our portfolio.
On the Sunny Side of Seattle (Westland)
L
9:02LukeHOST
Okay.
C
9:02ChrisHOST
So the distillery we're going to is Westland Distillery.
C
9:06ChrisHOST
So these guys started in, I guess, like 2010, 2011-ish-
L
9:12LukeHOST
Okay
46 MINS LATER
L
55:22LukeHOST
Could be both, I think.
C
55:24ChrisHOST
Well, for me, today's been an amazing day.
C
55:26ChrisHOST
I think I'm in love with Westland Distillery.
L
55:28LukeHOST
[laughs]