The Process Of Exploring To The Local Penderyn Distillery

I decided to study the process of how whisky is made, from start to finish. I visited the local Penderyn distillery, Aberdare situated in Rhondda Cynon Taff on the 2nd October 2014. “In 2007, Penderyn Distillery introduced three new brands: Brecon Five Vodka, Brecon Gin and Merlyn Cream Liqueur. Like Penderyn Single Malt Whisky, all three have won international recognition and are gaining an excellent reputation in the UK and abroad as premium spirits” (Penderyn Whisky, 2008). Whilst there I met John Davies, who was able to give me first-hand information as to how whisky is made. Until nine months ago, they were the only distillery worldwide to use a single copper pot distilling system. The creation takes time and patience in order to produce

Each malt bin holds 16 tonnes of barley. The barley when it is ready will then be passed to the malt conveyor. The malt conveyor weighs one and a half tonnes and once it’s reached this weight, the barley will then be passed to the grist mill. The grist mill will take the barley and grind it down to a finer element, so it’s more receptive to the water treatment that Penderyn give it. The barley, using the bucket lift, will then pass to the top, to the malt holder. The malt holder will hold it there and pass warm air through it again, to make sure that it’s nice and dry before it is passed to the next area of the

The process of whisky bottling is a very important step and is crucial in maintaining the whisky’s high quality. The way the whisky is bottled can affect both the alcohol percentage and the taste of the whisky. “Reducing the strength drop by drop with our very own Brecon spring water, we bottle Penderyn wysgi without chill-filtration”. (Penderyn Whisky, 2008). Penderyn distillery does not dilute the whisky during bottling, which is called cask strength bottling, meaning the alcohol percentage stays the same and is much stronger than diluted whisky. The resulting whisky is stored in glass bottles, which do not react with the whisky's flavour. The bottles are filled simultaneously on bottling lines. Each whisky bottle consists of the glass bottle, the cap and the labels. The Penderyn high quality whisky bottles are packed into paper boxes, which are then packed into large cardboard boxes ready for shipping around the world. Penderyn distillery sells their products to 29 countries worldwide, countries such as America, China and Germany, with France being the biggest