From members' club to shop shelves
The Connecticut-based aimed to offer kosher and non-kosher whiskies, but Single Cask Nation's whiskies are not certified kosher.
Whisky bloggers Joshua Hatton and Jason Johnstone-Yellin founded Single Cask Nation in 2011, as their Jewish Whisky Company's club, to be an independent bottler in the Scottish tradition.1,2,3 In 2017 it dropped its membership fees and began a separate range sold only in shops.2,4 The Artisanal Spirits Company, owner of The Scotch Malt Whisky Society, which Johnstone-Yellin says first inspired the founders, bought it in January 2024.5,6,7
The Connecticut-based aimed to offer kosher and non-kosher whiskies, but Single Cask Nation's whiskies are not certified kosher.
The new owner bought all of its assets and global operations, the founders stayed on to run it separately, and the owner said it would shift to American whiskey.5,6,7 By 2024 it also sold in the UK, Germany, Sweden, Japan, Israel and Canada, and it added Denmark in late 2024 and Brazil in 2025.5,10,11
Bottles in Peated bottled by Single Cask Nation, by release year.
| Year distilled | Bottles |
|---|---|
| 2012 | 4 |
| 2013 | 3 |
| 2014 | 9 |
| 2015 | 13 |
| 2016 | 8 |
| 2017 | 7 |
| 2018 | 10 |
| 2019 | 8 |
| 2020 | 5 |
| 2021 | 11 |
| 2022 | 11 |
| 2023 | 9 |
| 2024 | 23 |
| 2025 | 9 |
| 2026 | 15 |
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