Consistency is usually whiskey’s commercial virtue; these bottles make variation the point. Woodinville Whiskey Co. is expanding nationally with seven-year single-barrel bourbon and 100% rye, both bottled at cask strength so each barrel retains its own proof and character.

The bourbon begins with corn, rye, and malted barley grown for the distillery by the Omlin family in Quincy, Washington. Its companion single-barrel rye uses 100% Omlin-grown rye. Both are mashed and distilled in Woodinville, then transported across the Cascade Mountains to private barrel houses, where Central Washington’s temperature swings accelerate interaction with the oak.

The barrels receive unusually deliberate preparation: the wood is air-seasoned for 18 months, then deeply toasted and heavily charred before filling. Head distiller Brett Carlile selects the individual barrels after a minimum of seven years. That combination of local grain, geographic movement, and barrel-by-barrel selection gives the release a clear production argument, not simply a larger age statement. It also adds two assertive bottles to a well-built home bar, with the rye offering a particularly direct view of one grain and one cask.

The seven-year single-barrel bourbon and rye are each priced at $69.99 for 750ml. Both are listed as coming soon online and will roll out nationally through Woodinville’s distribution network; proof varies by barrel.