by Richard Foster | Jun 21, 2024 | Uncategorised
We ask an expert how spirits awards work and what it means for you – and your whisky… Whiskey attracts all manner of people from myriad backgrounds. Luckily, one of the prevailing factors that shines through most craft distillers is a like-ability and...
by Richard Foster | Jun 21, 2024 | Uncategorised
We explore the growing world of casks shares and why we work with English Distilleries to offer you a piece of the action What are Cask Shares? A cask share is a fraction of a maturing cask (usually one of a set number) that is exchangeable down the line for a bottle...
by Richard Foster | Jun 6, 2024 | Uncategorised
We ask an expert how spirits awards work and what it means for you – and your whisky… I recently spoke to Dawn Davies, Head Judge of The International Wine and Spirit Competition (IWSC), to gain some further insight into how awards operate, what they mean...
by Richard Foster | Jun 5, 2024 | Uncategorised
Last weekend, I had the pleasure of embarking on a journey to the Cotswolds Distillery, a day filled with laughter, insights into the world of whisky-making and of course a very tasty dram (or seven!). My journey to the distillery was an adventure in itself. Despite...
by Richard Foster | Jun 5, 2024 | Uncategorised
My English whisky journey My English Whisky journey started nine years ago in May 2014 when I visited the English Whisky Distillery in Norfolk with my wife and then six-week old daughter. As you can expect my daughter wasn’t massively enchanted by it all, but I find...
by Richard Foster | May 17, 2024 | Uncategorised
Founded in 2006, the first registered Whisky distillery in England for over a century, “The English” led the charge for a subsequent wave of new English Whisky Distilleries over the next 15 years (and going strong). The distillery is located in Roundham, Norfolk (near...