Penderyn Whisky
Penderyn is the heart of modern Welsh whisky and Wales' first distillery in over 100 years. With a home-built still unlike anything else in the whisky world, Penderyn has put a small, proud nation back on the map. |
About Penderyn
Penderyn Distillery sits in the Brecon Beacons National Park and was founded in 2000 as Wales' first whisky distillery in more than a century. What truly sets Penderyn apart from both Scottish and Irish tradition is the so-called Faraday still, a unique single-distillation method developed specifically for the distillery, producing a lighter, cleaner, and more fruity spirit than traditional pot stills. The combination of the distinctive distillation method and a range of wine-influenced cask finishes has earned Penderyn international recognition and a reputation as an innovative force in an otherwise deeply tradition-bound industry.
History & Background
Penderyn was founded in 2000 by a group of Welsh enthusiasts eager to revive a whisky production Wales hadn't seen since the early 1900s. The distillery had its first release ready in 2004 and has since expanded significantly, both with additional distillery sites in Wales and international distribution. Penderyn has deliberately cultivated its Welsh identity, from the naming of releases to partnerships with local wine producers on cask finishes.
Production & Style
The Faraday still is the core of Penderyn's production: a single-distillation method that combines a pot still with a rectification column, achieving a high, clean spirit strength in one process rather than the two distillations standard in Scotland. Many of the releases are finished in casks that previously held Madeira, port, or sherry, giving the whisky its characteristic wine-influenced sweetness.
Signature Style
Fruity, Wine-Influenced, Elegant
The flavour is light and fruity with a clear wine-driven sweetness from the cask finish, often with notes of honey, apple, and a soft, elegant finish.
Facts
| Distillery | Penderyn |
| Founded | 2000 |
| Pronounced | "Pen-deh-rin" |
| Region | Brecon Beacons |
| Country | Wales |
| Owner | Independent/Welsh-owned (Welsh Whisky Company) |
| Water source | Spring water from the Brecon Beacons mountains |
| Peat | Mainly unpeated, peated variant available |
| Official Website | penderyn.wales |
Did You Know?
The Faraday still used at Penderyn is named after physicist Michael Faraday and is such a unique construction that no identical model exists anywhere else in the whisky world.
If you like Penderyn, you should also try:
Cotswolds, Lindores Abbey and Nc'nean.

