‘Wales has a surprisingly varied whisky tradition.’
WELSH WHISKY TIMELINE


1705
Evan William’s family has a distillery in Dale, Pembrokeshire. They emigrated to the New World and Evan was a founding father of the Kentucky bourbon industry.


1903
Frongoch distillery closes and the building later becomes a POW camp for German POWs, and in 1916 for Irish Republican prisoners.

1915
Welsh-born British Prime Minister David Lloyd George brings in legislation which helps create a ‘premium‘ whisky business.

1st March 2004
Penderyn Single Malt Whisky launched by His Royal Highness, Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales









Penderyn