The Lakes Distillery The Whiskymakers Reserve No.1 - 2019 Release

INFORMATION

The Lakes Distillery The Whiskymaker's Reserve No.1. Bottled 2019. One of 5,922 bottles from PX & Red Wine Oak Casks. 70cl. 60.6%.

DISTILLERY:The Lakes Distillery

DISTILLERY STATUS:Working

Bottle ABV:60.6%

Bottle SIZE:70cl / 700ml

Bottle PRODUCED:5,922

BOTTLER:Distillery Bottling

SPIRIT TYPE:England

LIMITED EDITION:yes

CASK TYPE:Single Malt

BOTTLING DATE::2019

Construction of The Lakes English whisky distillery began in 2011 at the side of Bassenthwaite Lake in Cumbria, and distilling operations commenced in 2014. The team behind the construction of The Lakes distillery were an investment group led by Paul Currie, who with his father Hal Currie was a co-founder of the Arran distillery.  

The Lakes released their first English single malt whisky, The Lakes Genesis, in 2018 and also make vodka and gin on the same site. The distillery was expanded in 2020 and now has a capacity of 400,000 litres per annum, with 80% of the distillery’s output filled to sherry casks. The Lakes distillery’s greatest success to date came at the 2022 World Whisky Awards, where The Lakes Whiskymaker’s Reserve No.4 was named World’s Best Single Malt Whisky.