Fort George Cask Exchange

Over the years, Westland has loaned whiskey casks to some of our favorite regional breweries, all in the spirit of camaraderie and kinship. As a result, we’ve built up a surprising inventory of beer, mead, cider, and barleywine casks. Our next Cask Exchange release finished its maturation in a cask from Fort George Brewing.

Cask No. 11846 began as a first-fill Cooper's Select cask, filled with peated whiskey in October 2015. In January 2023, it crossed over to a new home: a cask that had held Fort George's Matryoshka, the barrel-aged imperial stout that has become one of the most sought-after beers in the Pacific Northwest.

Matryoshka is built in layers, like the nesting doll it's named for, and the wood carries that depth into the whiskey. Wood smoke meets cherry cola and floral candle wax on the nose. The palate opens to fresh cherry, scone, Nutella, and roasted walnut. A peated spirit and a stout, each shaped by oak, in one cask