english whisky

English Distillery Experimenting With Peated Whisky

England’s Lancaster Spirits Co. is has announced the launch of a limited experimental peated single malt whisky program. Lancaster is still basically a start-up distillery and does not expect its inaugural release of an in-house single malt until next year at the very earliest, but the company is still proceeding to lay further groundwork for …

Whisky: History, Types, Which One To Choose

Whiskey is a strong flavored alcoholic beverage made from various types of grain using the processes of malting, fermentation, distillation and long aging in oak casks. Barley, rye, wheat or maize may be used in the making of whisky. The strength ranges from 32 to 50 per cent, but some whiskies go as high as …

Q&A With Andy Loudon of Scarfes Bar, London

By Kurt Maitland The Rosewood Hotel Group has some of the most luxurious hotels in the world in its portfolio. Andy Loudon has only recently become the new Director of Bars at the Rosewood London and as a fan of the Scarfes Bar (for you Pink Floyd fans, this bar is named after and adorned …

Review | Filey Bay Porter Cask

This single malt whisky is the first special release of the year from the English distillery Spirit of Yorkshire. The Filey Bay Porter Cask is a small batch bottling and features spirit distilled in 2018. This spirit was filled to ex-bourbon casks tha…

Review | Wire Works Virgin Oak

The Virgin Oak is a single malt whisky from the English distillery of White Peak. The Wire Works Virgin Oak is planned to become a core product in time, but his limited edition offers a preview. The whisky is in the distillery’s signature lightly peat…

Review | Filey Bay IPA Finish Batch #2

Filey Bay IPA Finish Batch #2 is a small batch limited edition English single malt whisky from the Spirit of Yorkshire distillery. It has seen initial maturation in ex-bourbon casks before being finished in ex-beer barrels. These have previously help …

Review / Wire Works Alter Ego

This new whisky is the latest limited edition single malt from the English distillery of White Peak.  The Wire Works Alter Ego uses the distillery’s signature lightly peated single malt but with a twist. The release sees spirit used that has been …

Review / Bimber – The 1st Peated

This whisky is the inaugural bottling of peated single malt from the London-based distillery of Bimber. The 1st Peated is entirely composed of spirit from the distillery’s first ever peated run, which took place in May 2019. Just four ex-bourbon barrel…

Distillery Visit / Ad Gefrin

With Ad Gefrin, England has its newest single malt whisky distillery. It also has the country’s most northernly, sitting just a few miles from the Scottish border in the small town of Wooler in the far north of Northumberland. With its opening last mo…

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