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Penderyn Port Wood

My first Welsh whisky. What to expect? But for all that matters, Jack Daniels was founded by welsh immigrants. Let's give it a go. For € 37,- in my opinion great value for money. Color: warm-gold/pink. Nose: Red fruit, raisins, sweet, slight hint of menthol. The Port is clearly in there. Taste: red fruit, apple, young, coffee, pepper, spicy....

Score 83/100

Penderyn Peated

Penderyn are the clever Welsh whisky wizards who are really going up in my estimation. I really am impressed and they are another example of a non Scottish European single malt that is able to run with the pack. Obviously Scotland has the quantity as well as the quality. Wales might only have 1 distillery but they are certainly packing a punch....

Score 89/100

Penderyn Madeira Finish

Aur Cymru means as much as Welsh Gold, which obviously refers to the single malt from Wales that you will find inside the bottle. It is Penderyn’s entry level malt. Penderyn is currently the only distillery in Wales. The malt was finished in Madeira casks. This is a Portugese fortified wine that keeps quite long. Madeira, by the way, is Portuguese...

Score 83/100

Penderyn New Make Spirit

I met Giancarlo Bianchi, the European Sales Manager of Penderyn, at the Antwerp whisky festival. He presented the new Penderyn releases: the Myth and the Celt. But under the table, I noticed a bottle of new make with the Penderyn logo. ‘Sorry, that is not for sale’ Giancarlo told me. So I used my charm (read: the blog’s visitor card) and could...

Score 80/100