Whiskey Del Bac Mesquite Smoked Dorado Retailer:85 He worked at craft breweries Straight Bourbon Whiskey (wheated) He worked at craft breweries and a vineyard before founding what would become Westward in 2004 to bring his vision for an American Single Malt to life He quickly made an impact in the local bar scene and expanded rapidly Hamilton Distillers uses a type of local mesquite wood called velvet mesquite — Prosopis Velutina — that grows wild in southern Arizona Now they have a 500 gallon still and a full production house where they do everything on site — from malting to bottling — to produce their range of southwestern Single Malts