NOVEMBER 2024: WIRE WORKS BOURBON BARREL

Brand

Location

Expression

ABV

Age

Casks Used

Wire Works

Derbyshire, England

Bourbon Barrel

53.4%

NAS

12x ex-Heaven Hill Bourbon Barrels

The Whisky:-

White Peak Distillery is based in the Peak District region of England and was founded in 2016 by local husband-and-wife team Max & Claire Vaughan. Under the brand ‘Wire Works’, a lightly-peated single malt English whisky is the core spirit, which is unique in the English whisky scene. 

 

Wire Works Bourbon Barrel release has been assembled from a parcel of our oldest first fill American oak bourbon barrels. Each was filled with our signature lightly-peated spirit and has developed wonderfully over the years, fully showcasing the fruit-forward spirit character of our distillery.
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The Distillery:- 
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White Peak Distillery is based in the Peak District region of England and was founded in 2016 by local husband-and-wife team Max & Claire Vaughan, lifelong whisky fans with no background in drinks or spirits. Under the brand ‘Wire Works’, a lightly-peated single malt English whisky is the core spirit, which is unique in the English whisky scene. 

The Distillery has won multiple awards not only for its first whiskies, but also for its Distillery visitor experiences and the much-celebrated Wire Works whisky packaging.  In 2023, recognition included a Gold Medal for the Caduro release in the IWSC Awards and a Masters Medal for Alter Ego in the Global World Whisky Masters (in both cases the only English whisky to receive these top awards in 2023).

The Distillery is based in a UNESCO world heritage site at a former wire works, which was at the heart of the local community for over 120 years. They were innovators, exporting all over the world and making products the proper way from quality materials. Wire Works whisky builds on these values and the legacy informs the distillery’s long-term approach to whisky-making. 

Wire Works whisky incorporates its Derbyshire roots in various ways. Foremost is a long-standing relationship with nearby Thornbridge Brewery from where live brewers yeast is collected each week for use in its whisky-making. This adds very unique flavour to the Distillery’s whiskies, and also provides a link to centuries of regional brewing heritage. Although yet to be released, the Distillery has also been laying down spirit made entirely with unpeated Derbyshire barley, floor malted at Warminster. The whole whisky-making process is carefully controlled on site, from mashing & fermentation, through distillation, maturation and bottling - a full life-cycle of Derbyshire provenance.  

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whitepeakdistillery.co.uk

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