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‘A lost art no more.’

41% ABV

‘Distilling in Wales was a lost art…’

…but in the late 1990s, in a pub in a small post-industrial Welsh valley town, a group of friends drank and chatted about establishing the first whisky distillery in Wales in over a century. They dreamt of creating a whisky as pure and precious as Welsh gold, represented today by Penderyn’s ‘gold seam’.

The friends had a location in the historic village of Penderyn on the southern tip of the Brecon Beacons, chosen because of the site’s own supply of fresh natural spring water. They also had a unique copper single-pot still designed by Dr David Faraday, a relative of the great 19th-century scientist Michael Faraday. Penderyn Whisky was launched on St David’s Day 2004 in the presence of HRH Prince Charles.

The still produces spirit at an industry high of 92%, which means Penderyn whiskies are fresh, fruity and flavoursome. This spirit is recognised worldwide as one of the finest single malt whiskies. The majority of our spirit goes into ex-Bourbon casks with the remainder used to craft award-winning gins, vodka, cream liqueur and rum.

With investment, inspiration, hard work, attention to detail, the finest barley, expert distillers (our distilling team are all women), and the best American oak bourbon casks, Penderyn Whisky has quickly gained a worldwide reputation winning over 50 Gold Medals en route, and our whiskies are now available in over 40 countries.

Launched in 1987 Bombay Sapphire is credited with kickstarting gin’s fashionability and has become a truly iconic brand, with its distinctive blue bottle recognisable in bars the world over. The basis for the its recipe is it’s predecessor the Bombay Original but with a few more ingredients totalling 10 different botanicals: almond, lemon peel, licorice, juniper, orris root, angelica root, coriander, cassia cinnamon, cubeb pepper and paradise seeds. Bombay Sapphire Gin is distilled 3 times in a “carterhead” style, where the alcohol vapors pass through a mask / basket containing the 10 ingredients, to get its distinct taste and aroma. This gives a lighter and more ‘floral’ gin than the gins distilled using the more common copper still. Finally, water is added from Lake Vyrnwy, bringing the alcoholic strength of the Bombay Sapphire Gin to 40%.