Thursday, 2 July 2015

It’s whisky … and English!

CAN good whisky – and a good single malt at that – be produced in England?

Paul Currie, co-founder of the award winning Isle of Arran Distillers, believes it can, so much so that he’s turned a Victorian model farm near Keswick in the Lake District into a craft distillery. 

It opened in December last year, when it started production of its Lakes Single Malt, which is now maturing in casks and which will be bottled in April 2018.

Gin and vodka are also produced at the distillery, in handmade copper pot stills. Its gin is created with wild Cumbrian juniper, heather and meadowsweet foraged nearby.

The Lakes Distillery – close to the River Derwent and Bassenthwaite Lake – is open to visitors seven days a week from 11am to 6pm for tours, on which they can see the stillmen at work, have a look at the maturing barrels – the woods used are different to those in north of the border – and enjoy a glass or two in the tasting rooms.
 
There’s also a bistro, serving breakfasts, lunches, afternoon teas, and dinners.

www.lakesdistillery.com

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