The English Whisky Original Single Malt Whisky, 70cl

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In 2005, The English Whisky Co. Ltd got permission to build the first registered whisky distillery in England for over a century; it first release of single malt occurred in 2009; which became the only English Whisky to have been bottled and released for over 100 years. In 2013 The London Distillery Company began production of the first single malt whisky in London since Lea Valley Distillery closed in 1903. Three other English distilleries, also producing whisky by 2014, were The Cotswolds Distillery, Ludlow Distillery and The Lakes Distillery. 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 distillery’s flagship lineup uses a chapter system, with Chapter 5 representing their first-ever whisky release (chapters 1-4 were new make or less than three years old, which legally can’t be called whisky in the U.K.). This particular expression, English Whisky Company Classic Single Malt, lives outside that numbering system. It’s a non-chill filtered single malt, aged in used oak for an unspecified length of time, and bottled at 46% ABV. Tasting Notes: The English Whisky Company Classic Single Malt Nothing in the Terms shall exclude or limit our liability for fraudulent misrepresentation or for death or personal injury resulting from gross negligence or willful misconduct by us. Dan Szor established the Cotswolds Distillery in 2014, the same year that they also started distilling their Cotswolds Single Malt using locally grown barley. The Cotswolds Distillery eventually launched the region’s first whisky in 2017 after aging it in previously filled American oak casks.

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. The Norfolk Nog is a blend of the company’s award-winning English Single Malt and cream, resulting in a delicious and light creamy note. You can also taste the chocolate and coffee notes that build into citrusy and subtle herbal flavors after sitting the liquid in your mouth for a while. What’s An English Whisky? The name suggests a well-balanced smokiness with an intense chocolate taste and sherried sweetness on the palate. 9. The English Whisky Co. Inspired by his fictional namesake, Samuel Gulliver explored various places in pursuit of bringing home the finest spirits and wines. He eventually ended up establishing his whisky company in 1747.

We do some triple distillation about once a year, maybe eight casks. It works quite well. Our standard distillation is six to six-and-a-half hours, and triple is 12 hours, so double. It’s a whole extra day’s production. We may sell, license, transfer, assign or in any other way dispose of the Service (including Members) to any third party without any notification to you, e.g. (but without limitation) in connection with any reorganization, restructuring, merger or sale, or other transfer of assets. Our Service is an online platform which provides Members with information (e.g. bottle facts, market-indices, market values and prices) on (mostly) whisky and allows Members to add information to the platform. We do not sell, nor does the Service provide any option to buy, any alcoholic products. When Iain did finally retire, he spent 16 weeks training David Fitt, previously a brewer from Greene King, to take over Then again, Clynelish is distinctly different to Macallan, but they’re still Scotch whisky. I hate that Highland, Lowland, Speyside thing, because every distillery has its own character. We should focus on what the distillery can give, rather than looking at the whole area.

Iain Henderson - a distiller of note from Laphroaig - was talked into helping get the distillery going instead of retiring 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] See also [ edit ] It is a tasty and creamy spirit that the World Whiskies Awards recognized in 2019 as the “Best English Blended Malt (No Age Statement).” The whisky has a full-bodied flavor with notes of ginger, nutmeg, and vanilla wrapped in a sweet, comforting woodsmoke. 11. The Norfolk Nog David has been ensuring maturation and bottling run smoothly as well as overseeing all production since 2008 No, there are no requirements to be called an English whisky. Contrary to Scotch Whisky regulations, English whisky distilleries have more freedom to craft their spirits. They can use any type of cereal like oats, barley, wheat, and rye, then age the blend in other wood casks aside from oak.

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