Poltics
By Sean Poulter, Shopper Affairs Editor
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Affirm it quietly north of the border, nevertheless an English whisky has been named the best single malt in the world.
Turning custom on its head, the information will attain as a blow to our neighbours – a nation with a notorious whisky heritage.
The Sherry Cask Matured Single Malt, made by The English Distillery in Norfolk, beat global competition, including from Scotland, in the World Whisky Awards.
Bottled by hand in Breckland, it is an unpeated single malt that has been matured in Pedro Ximenez sherry casks. The whisky is obtainable from the distillery’s online store at £59 a bottle and will be equipped from specialist outlets reminiscent of the Home of Malt and Bottle Apostle.
The English Distillery’s Sherry Cask won the World’s Best Single Malt
Judges praised its ‘aromas of rich darkish fruits’ from the casks, adding it delivers a ‘wonderfully balanced and wisely off whisky’ (stock image)
Judges praised its ‘aromas of rich darkish fruits’ from the casks, adding it delivers a ‘wonderfully balanced and wisely off whisky’.
The English Distillery was founded by farmer James Nelstrop 17 years in the past. The whisky, pictured, made from barley grown on the Nelstrop family farms and end by, has been obtainable for six months.
The crew behind the success is led by Andrew Nelstrop, who took on the distillery after his father’s dying in 2014.
The father of two, whose wife Katy works alongside him, said: ‘We’re shy. While any whisky maker hopes to win an award, winning the sizable one is the realisation of my father’s intention of creating world class single malt whiskies in England, and sharing them with whisky lovers around the world.’
Whisky Magazine’s editor-at-gargantuan Christopher Coates claimed this demonstrates the ‘incredible quality being produced by English distilleries’.
But a spokesman for the Scotch Whisky Affiliation said: ‘Choosing a fave whisky is a in truth inner most replace, and Scotch Whisky continuously wins awards around the world.
‘We are proud it is the world’s number one internationally traded spirit.’