In 2018 Santa Fe Spirits contributed whiskey to two independent bottlers, Barrel Craft Spirits and Lost Lantern, to be used in vatted malts. We were in good company, these vatted malts contained offerings from Balcones, Del Bac, Kings County, Copperworks, Triple Eight, Westward and Virginia Distillery as well as Santa Fe Spirits, and the results were darn good.
Robin Robinson of the Whiskey Wash breaks down what independent bottlers and vatted malts are in his February 22, 2021 article The Independent American Whiskey Bottler Arises In The United States.