The English Whisky Original Single Malt Whisky, 70cl

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The General Wine Company is a family-owned and operated wine merchant in Liphook, Hampshire, England. We have some of England’s most-loved brands on offer, including The English Whisky Company, Cotswolds, and The Lakes Distillery. Even the spicy notes have a sweetness to them, with ginger the most obvious among them, and it has a long finish, helped by a slightly oily, viscous feel in the mouth. The experts there employ a traditional process of floor-malting, turning the grain by hand over several days. Founder’s Choice has particularly resonated,” says Szor, “because those freshly charred casks give you a bourbon-like quality with a lot of flavors that Americans understand: big, intense coffee and chocolate flavors, beautifully balanced with berry notes.

At present, distilling is in two 1,000-liter direct-fired pot stills, with Plazewski making early cuts to capture the fruity character in the new make spirit.Now whisky is being made in neighbouring Suffolk, at the Adnams micro-distillery in Southwold, in Battersea at The London Distillery Company and, very soon, at The Lakes Distillery in northern Cumbria. The popularity of rye whisky is on the rise and you can now find several English versions sitting alongside some of the more familiar American ryes at drinks retailers. Spirit of Yorkshire grows enough barley on its farm to step up production from the current four days a week to six, though that move will create the need for a second warehouse. In 2018, Stuart Gulliver relaunched the family business and the current range is made at St George’s Distillery.

Nosing and tasting through the cut points allows you to keep a tight middle cut, so you’re not letting in any unwanted flavors,” says Clark.Some of the data that are collected include the number of visitors, their source, and the pages they visit anonymously. The Cotswold Distillery has been in business since 2014 and it’s now firmly established on the world whisky scene with some of the most consistently excellent whiskies you will find. K Parliament in Westminster Hall to promote and bring awareness to the growing English whisky sector in England.

As for the English Whisky Guild’s evolution, it will require consensus on batch versus continuous distillation, using pot or column stills, and whether to insist on 100% English grains, which could make life difficult for peated whisky producers. We’ve got limitations; we’re in an industrial space in London, so we’re never going to get the same feeling as Scotland,” Plazewski admits, with reference to the romanticism of the iconic single malt scotch distilleries. It has a good whack of peaty flavours (if you’re a peat nerd then you’ll want to know it comes in at 45ppm) that make it obviously smoky, but without totally overpowering all of the other flavours.English whisky producers currently follow EU Regulation (2019/787)) that define whisky alongside the British Standards institutes whisky guidelines. Szor estimates that the current combined output of all English distilleries is below one million lpa; that’s less than the capacity of a mid-sized scotch distillery like Glencadam. Want to know what English whisky is all about, and why it’s causing such a stir in the whisky world? On the experimental side, peated casks and sister company Wold Top Brewery’s IPA barrels are used for finishing. Some of those sweet, vinous characteristics have transferred to the whisky, and it would make a great choice as a whisky aperitif or after-dinner sipper if you want to provide something a little different for you guests.