Welsh Whiskey

Penderyn Sherrywood Single Malt Whiskey Review

Updated December 6, 2020 By Richard Thomas Average Rating: B The Sherrywood Single Malt is the third expression of Penderyn’s regular line of Welsh whiskey. Like the distillery’s Madeira Finish whiskey and many Sherry-finished whiskeys, the Sherrywood uses a two-cask maturation method. In keeping with Penderyn’s practice, aging starts in used bourbon barrels, mostly coming from Buffalo Trace and Evan ...

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Penderyn Peated Single Malt Whiskey Review

Updated December 6, 2020 By Richard Thomas Average Rating: B+ The Welsh distillery Penderyn is one of the most interesting whiskey-makers I have come across in recent years, and not solely because they are Welsh. Penderyn is the only distillery in the business of making Welsh whiskey, freeing them from certain trade laws and industrial groups, such as the Scotch ...

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Penderyn Madeira Finish Single Malt Whiskey Review

Updated December 6, 2020 By Richard Thomas Average Rating: B- If the idea of Welsh whiskey leaves you scratching your head, it shouldn’t. Just because you’ve never heard of it doesn’t mean it fails to make sense. Perhaps it is half-forgotten because the Welsh were the first of the Celtic nations of the British Isles to be subjugated by those ...

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