New Riff Distilling has announced a 2025 edition of its award-winning Single Malt whiskey, an expression that showcases some of the distillery’s oldest malt whiskeys up to 10 years of age. New Riff started distilling batches of malt whiskey shortly after its founding in 2014 and has continued to commemorate the time-honored heritage of malted barley with Kentucky’s sour mash traditions.

The earliest distillations of the malt whiskey project started in the first few months of the distillery’s existence. Over the years, New Riff has experimented with mash bills and filled its barrels at 110 proof, ageing them in Northern Kentucky. This 2025 edition of Single Malt marks the expression’s third annual release.

Master distiller, Brian Sprance, commented: “Each year, we fine tune our Single Malt whiskey, flexing both our creativity and technical expertise to innovate and explore new dimensions of malt whiskey.”

This year’s blend was finished in six different casks and features a combination of three mash bills ranging from seven to 10 years old. The final blend was then re-barreled for an extended maturation period, a process the distillery implemented for the first time with this release. The six casks the malt whiskeys matured in include new charred oak, de-charred toasted oak, de-charred and re-charred oak, Madeira casks, Oloroso Sherry casks, and red wine casks.  

New Riff’s 2025 edition of Single Malt whiskey (RRP $69.99) is bottled without chill filtration at 115.2 proof with a mash bill made from 100 per cent barley varietals—Maris Otter, Scottish peated barley, and a beer-inspired mash bill based on classic Barleywine.

The release will be available to purchase at New Riff’s distillery gift shop beginning May 2. It will also be available for online shipping and at select retail locations throughout the distiller’s distribution network in the coming weeks. For more information about the release, visit New Riff Distilling’s official website.