The English Whisky Original Single Malt Whisky, 70cl

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Apart from technical considerations there are also environmental differences that are likely to affect the whisky production – the warmer climate of England’s Southern counties will cause whisky to age in a different way to those in the colder regions of Scotland. There are currently 49 English distilleries across 9 regions in England, [15] 26 independent distilleries and 23 distilleries that are members of the English Whisky Guild. [16] Sheldon, Liberty (July 28, 2023). "The Cotswolds Distillery named the most popular whisky distillery in UK and Ireland". The Oxfordshire Live. There is currently no specific definition of English Whisky, however there is process being made on creating a statutory definition.. [10] [a]

Barnard, Alfred. "The Whisky Distilleries of the United Kingdom". Google Books. {{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status ( link) In July 2017, Tom Nicolson established The Oxford Artisan Distillery, most commonly referred to as TOAD, located at Oxford’s South Park. The distillery commits to crafting distinctive bottles of grain-to-glass spirits by designing and building their stills inspired by a rum distillery. The English Whisky Co released its first whisky in 2009, which makes it something of an old timer in England’s whisky revival. Based in the St George’s Distillery, Norfolk, they use locally sourced ingredients to produce a wide range of small batch releases.Keep an eye out for first and new releases from the distilleries on the English Whisky Map as we continue to bring exceptional whiskies to the table over the coming years. Do get in touch if you know of any more distilleries in the pipeline. Traditional in style, their single malts slowly began to catch the attention of whisky fans after the first bottling in late 2009. Since then, St. George’s whiskies have gone from strength to strength. The core expressions – The English Original and The English Smokey – are often joined by experimental small-batch releases using different cask types.

On November 18, 2023 Birmingham hosted its second English Whisky Festival with 32 distilleries participating in the event. The event consisted of two whisky master classes, one by the Cooper King Distillery and one by The English Whisky Co as well as whisky tasting and other activities. [50] Bibliography [ edit ] Name of Book Our Ex-Bourbon whisky is aged in an American barrel, providing its light golden colour. The bourbon cask results in notes of vanilla, toffee, and subdued flavours of aged oak. The eagerly anticipated first whisky is expected to appear in late 2021, which follows smaller releases of new-make spirit and 18-month-aged spirit. In the meantime, you’ll have to make do with its superb Cask Aged Rum. It is England’s first registered whisky distillery in over a century [1] . The company began distilling in 2006 at the St. George’s Distillery, located in Norfolk and founded by James Nelstrop. One of the most loved brands we have on offer is The English Whisky Company, who are England’s oldest whisky maker. They offer a variety of English single malt whiskies, as well as smoked and single grain bottles too.English Whisky distilleries have created 443 jobs across England and is available in 32 markets around the world [46] Adnams Distillery proudly entered the whisky market in 2014 with the release of Single Malt Whisky. All the barley used in production came from East Anglian. Its makers also added spirits that went through aging using American oak casks for more complexity. Production began in 2017 with spirit made using only local barley and Dartmoor spring water. This is then distilled through an old reconditioned alembic still from Cognac in France.