It might lack the reputation of Scotland, Ireland or the US, but England is currently producing some of the world’s most interesting whiskies. What’s more, whisky-lovers are beginning to take note.
In news that might surprise some north of the border, the English whisky scene has been calmly fermenting into an unlikely yet innovative cradle of quality whisky-making.Actually, England has form in whisky distilling, which dates back to the early 1800s. In 1887, there were four significant whisky distilleries below the border. However, the bottom soon fell out of the over-inflated UK whisky market, and in the early 1900s, the last English whisky distillery, in East London’s Lea Valley, closed.
at the World Whisky Awards in 2022 and more recently, Best Distillery of the Year at the 2023 Tokyo Whisky & Spirits Competition. Back in 2018, in an effort to raise standards and encourage collaboration, a number of distillers came together to create the English Whisky Guild. Now with two dozen members, it serves as a unifying force for English whisky producers. What’s more, in 2022, it submitted a geographical indication application for English single malt whisky to the UK government.
makes high-quality whiskies, including this wonderfully balanced small-batch expression matured in ex-peated quarter casks.whiskies are mashed, fermented, distilled and matured deep in the Derbyshire Dales on the banks of the River Derwent, within an incredible 19-century former wire works. This lightly peated single malt exemplifies the brand’s artisan approach.
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