Lost Lantern Whiskey
Bourbon, Rye, American single malt, Small batch / blended, Single cask, Cask strength, Other
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Meet The Bottler
Lost Lantern is the first independent bottler focused entirely on American whiskey. Inspired by the long tradition of Scotch independent bottlers, Lost Lantern sources whiskey from distilleries all across the United States and releases both single casks and blends that help whiskey lovers discover distilleries and flavors they wouldn’t know otherwise.
Since launching its first whiskies in 2020, Lost Lantern has released whiskey from more than 70 distilleries in every state in the United States, across numerous styles of whiskey. Lost Lantern visits every distillery they work with in person and works closely with a distillery’s team to shine a light on what they do. Transparency is core to the company’s mission, especially since most of Lost Lantern’s partners are newer, often regional distilleries that aren’t yet nationally known.
In addition to its single cask range, Lost Lantern also has a long-standing blending program, which is also fully transparent. In 2026, the company released the United States of Bourbon, the first blend of bourbon from all 50 states.
Lost Lantern’s whiskies are available online and in select markets around the country, and at its tasting room in Vergennes, Vermont.
From The Brand
- What's in the Bottle
Do you focus primarily on single cask releases or do you have a dedicated blending program?
Since its inception, Lost Lantern has always released both single casks and multi-distillery blends. We see both as fundamental to our vision of an American independent bottler.
Single casks aim to help whiskey lovers discover great whiskies they wouldn’t otherwise. Often, these come from distilleries they don’t already know, in which case we want to showcase what that distillery is all about. With better known distilleries, we generally want to shine a light on a different side of what they do.
Blends are about discovering how whiskies from different places and distilleries can come together in new ways to create new flavors that are different from what each distillery makes on its own.
- Wood & Maturation
What is your cask buying strategy? Do you buy mature casks ready for bottling, or do you buy “new-make” spirit and manage the wood and aging yourselves?
We almost exclusively buy casks that are already mature and that were aged at the distillery that made them. This is very deliberate: because we work with distilleries all across the United States, and because we believe climate has an incredibly important role in how a whiskey ends up tasting, we want (for example) a Texas whiskey to taste like a Texas whiskey! And that means it must have aged most of its life aging where it came from.
Lost Lantern always buys directly from its distillery partners, visits every distillery partner in person, and does not work with brokers.
- Brand Ethos
What makes your brand stand out in an increasingly crowded and competitive independent bottling landscape?
What makes Lost Lantern truly unique is that we are the first independent bottler entirely focused on American whiskey. Founded by whiskey industry veterans, we explicitly set out to bring the transparency and sense of discovery that elevate the best independent bottlers to a country where very few distilleries had worked with an independent bottler before.
Because of our longstanding relationships, we now have proudly worked with distilleries in every state in the country, and every whiskey we have ever released has proudly named the distillery right on the label. We want whiskey lovers to discover these distilleries that we have fallen in love with, and to trust that if Lost Lantern is working with them, they’re doing something exciting!
- Value & Accessibility
If you could put just one bottle from your current or upcoming lineup into a drinker’s hands to explain your brand’s mission, which one would it be and why?
The United States of Bourbon Cask Strength, the first blend of bourbon from all 50 states. This whiskey immediately captures our vision and commitment to transparency: not only is it the widest-ranging American whiskey blend ever made, it lists all 50 component distilleries right on the back label. It also showcases our team’s blending prowess in creating such a large blend that still feels cohesive.
We have many other blends and many single casks, but that particular release truly captures both what we’re trying to do as an independent bottler and blending house.
Why We Built This Directory
Every listing in The Whiskey Wash directory of independent bottlers is free and non-commercial. No bottler pays to be included, and nobody can pay for a better spot.
We built it because we love whisky, and independent bottlers are some of the most interesting people in it. They find the casks distilleries never release themselves, take chances on unusual finishes and keep the names of lost distilleries on the shelf.
Nothing like it has existed since ScotchWhisky.com closed. This is our attempt to fill that gap and introduce drinkers to the people behind the casks.
