A thief made from 12,000 craft whiskey Unusual American liquor robbery This summer, it wasn’t just about $1 million worth of $1 million. It also took away almost half of the inventory of one malt still, which had been working for over a decade.
Currently, the Skagit Valley Sheriff’s Office is under investigation, and Whiskey Afionados wonders whether the coveted bottle of Garryana Whiskey from Westland Distillery’s first decade might pop up.
The bottle had on July 31 when someone from the cargo truck appeared in the warehouse at the Westland Distillery in Burlington, Washington, holding documents that allegedly granted them the right to pick up a Westland single malt, a watch post blend, and a New Jersey-bound Galliana whiskey shipment.
However, the bottle never arrived at its intended destination, and a “sleek, deceptive career scheme” was discovered a week later, Jason Moore said. A Seattle-based distillery.
The 10th anniversary edition of Galliana’s bottle is invaluable, Moore said.
“This is an unfortunate and rather extraordinary situation,” Moore said.
The Skagit County Sheriff’s Office did not immediately respond to phone messages left by the Associated Press.
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“It would be really hard to put this on the market in practice because what they took was so rare that everyone knows about it,” Gillespie said. “These thefts are sometimes seen in Scotland, where thieves can steal trailers full of whiskey, usually ending in Russia.”
However, it can be difficult to get 12,000 bottles from the US because the bottles are rare and recognizable. Alcohol sales. Distilleries generally need to sell liquor to distributors or wholesalers. Alcohol is sold at Secondary market – It is generally illegal, such as when an individual purchases a popular bottle and then resells it for profit.
This is not the case in most Europe where auction houses and other companies specialize in selling the secondary market.
“Galiana Providence is important because it’s the first 10-year-old whiskey,” Gillespie said. “Essentially, the age statement shows how old the whiskey is. There are a lot of craft distilleries in the country that are pretty 10 years old. So it’s an achievement that craft distilleries can release 10 years old.”
Westland focuses on single malt whiskey, a liquor style made from barley, similar to Scotch whiskey. But Moore says Westland worked hard to capture Terrorism in the Pacific Northwest Inside each bottle, locally produced grains, peat harvested from the swamps of the Olympic Peninsula, and certain types of yeast selected to bring out the local flavor.
That makes Galiana special, he said – it is aged in barrels made from Kerux-Galiana oak trees that grow mainly in the Pacific Northwest.
Limited-Edition Whiskey was regularly awarded, and the 2023 edition was named the world’s third best whiskey by Whiskey Advocate Magazine. Galliana sells out every year, Gillespie said, and secondary market prices will be promoted as 3,000 of this year’s 7,500 bottle releases have disappeared.
Moore said the company has taken additional steps to protect its supply chain and is currently focusing on serving customers instead of research.
“What happens from there is outside our control and we’re excited to share whiskey and engage with the supporters we have,” Moore said. “This is a very rare thing, and it’s a set time, but I’m sure I can share this whiskey. I’m proud that people will enjoy it.”
Losing $1 million in stock will cause many distilleries to go out of business, but Gillespie was also acquired in 2016 by Paris-based Remy Cointreau Group. Still, he said he hopes Westland will overcome the losses as he has advice for those keen to get a taste of Westland’s products.
“If anyone is going to give you a case of Westland whiskey now, I’ll call the officer,” Gillespie said.
