Penderyn 2013-2021 - Berry Bros & Rudd - Single Cask 7526

Penderyn distillery was founded in the Brecon Beacons national park in 2000 as the first legal whisky distillery in Wales for over a century. Penderyn released their first Welsh single malt whisky in 2004, and the distillery also makes vodka, gin and the popular Merlyn cream liqueur. Unconstrained by Scotch whisky regulations, Penderyn have revelled in their admirable capacity for innovation, with the distillery’s all-female distillation team using unusual stills and embracing cask finishing. 

Penderyn started out using a single Faraday still, which is essentially a hybrid of pot and continuous stills made up of a single pot and two columns that converts wash to new make in a single run. A second Faraday still was added in 2013 and these were joined by a pair of traditional pot stills the following year, enabling the distillery to create and experiment with a variety of spirit types.

Founded in 1698, Berry Bros. & Rudd is the UK’s oldest wine and spirit merchant, with their iconic premises in St. James’ Street in London an institution in the drinks trade. Berry Brothers were among the first English merchants to bottle bespoke whiskies for sale in the 19th century and in 1923 they launched the Cutty Sark blended whisky which went on to great success in the United States in the post-Prohibition era.

Berry Bros continued to bottle single malt whiskies after WWII, with notable examples from Longmorn, Macallan, Glen Grant and Laphroaig (among others) occasionally cropping up at auction today. Since the late 1990s the company has expanded its spirits operations, briefly owned the rights to the Glenrothes single malt brand after selling Cutty Sark in 2010, and now have an adventurous range of expertly-selected single malts, blended malt whisky and rums.