Penderyn was the first distillery in Wales for 100 years. The previous Welsh Whisky Company was in Frongoch, near Bala. Queen Victoria visited there in 1891 and on the 26th July 1895 the Welsh Whisky Co. received a warrant, and Royal Welsh Whisky was born. However, it was hampered by the temperance movement inside Wales and, unlike Penderyn, it remained …
Plans for Penderyn to open a second distillery and visitor centre in Swansea have been given the go ahead. Penderyn Whisky is to redevelop a disused building at the historic Hafod Morfa Copperworks site in Swansea, which is just opposite the Liberty Stadium, home of Swansea City football club. The Lottery Heritage Fund awarded £3.75m towards regenerating the 19th Century …
We were recently featured in 3 publications around the world. The Toronto Star mentioned us in an article on female distillers and Burn’s night (article here). Our Canadian Importers are the wonderful people at Boldworks, who are responsible for organising the feature Shanken News Daily of New York wrote about our expansion into the US (article here). Our US Importers …
Penderyn have made the prestigious Forbes website for the 3rd time in as many months. Felipe Schrieberg is one of their foremost Whisky journalists, and he made us one of his ‘Top 10 Whiskies of 2018’. Felipe wrote – ‘ Penderyn Rich Oak I love this Welsh distillery. I love the custard fruity character of its spirit that is evident …
We have had huge success with our multi award-winning Penderyn Legend, and have recently taken the decision to make the iconic Welsh dragon more noticeable by giving it a smart new background. Previously it was a red embossed dragon on a red matt background, but the new burgundy colour is, we hope you’ll agree, rather stunning. We’ve also changed the …
Our own Aista, who is our blender and part of our 3 women distilling team with Laura Davies and Bethan Morgans, was today featured on the Scotch Whisky website. You can read the article here. In it she talks about her move from Lithuania to Brecon, and gives a rare glimpse into our barreling and nosing process. Well worth a …
We were delighted to discover that Penderyn Celt made the Top 20 Whiskies of 2018 in Whisky Advocate magazine. Whisky Advocate is America’s foremost spirits magazine and their buying guide experts rate and review hundreds of current releases each year. So this is a great achievement for a whisky that only arrived in the US for the first time earlier …
Penderyn had several mentions last week in a Daily Mail in an interview with Theresa May about BREXIT*. This is the second time the British Prime Minister has mentioned a fondness for our whiskies, after saying that Penderyn was her favourite Christmas tipple back in December. “‘It’s been a pretty heavy couple of days,’ she says with understatement and her …
After a visit by US journalist Felipe Schrieberg, Penderyn has had two mentions in the prestigious Forbes Magazine. Forbes is a global media company, focusing on business, investing, technology, entrepreneurship, leadership, and lifestyle. We were named as one of ‘10 Incredible Luxury Scotch Whisky Holiday Presents‘; one of ‘10 Distilleries Where You Can Buy An Entire Cask Of Whisky‘; and …
We were at the Swansea Copporworks site on Friday to celebrate the announcement of a Heritage Lottery Fund grant that has been won by Swansea City Council to start developing the old industrial site. Penderyn is hoping to open a new distillery on the site in 2021. The distillery will be housed in the old Powerhouse, a once fine building …
