Scotland and Ireland are famous for their whiskeys…and I know the English make gin. are there any English distillers who make whiskey? If so, do they export it?
Sure, 3 distilleries. Note that it’s “whiskey” in Ireland and the USA, “whisky” in those other heathen countries.
And there is Scottish gin, at minimum the resplendent Hendrick’s.
ETA: I can’t remember seeing any of these in the US, but that’s just because I’m not looking.
And what’s Wales, chopped liver? 
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I am happy to say that Hendricks is available in the USA. In fact, by odd coincidence, I’m drinking it as I type.
Well yeah, or else I wouldn’t know how it tastes! But I meant the whiskies, responding to OP, sorry.
Although that link notes that one of those distillers has opted for the “whiskey” spelling for one of its products (perhaps just to score a little extra publicity by being contrary).
Cornwall is still Celtic country then? (Scotland says “whisky” I got nothing…). These guys are making it confusing :).
But IMHO bourbon + Irish whiskey is mostly what I prefer.
Thanks…does the English whiskey taste anything like American or Canadian rye whiskeys?
I believe the difference between “whisky” and “whiskey” is more than just spelling. It’s almost like they’re completely different drinks. I haven’t exactly done a survey, but based on my own experiences, almost all that comes from Britain will be whisky, not whiskey.
I was at a Whiskeyfest this weekend. I didn’t research it too much before going and assumed there would be some Scotch or Irish whiskey represented. It turns out it was more of a bourbon festival with several ryes thrown in with no booze from the other side. Too bad. I really enjoy a single malt scotch but haven’t yet developed a taste for bourbon. The were fair number of white whiskeys, too. That’s something I really don’t get the point of.
My thought: moonshine. I found this article which looks at the trend critically. I’ve seen several brands, like a mason jar one (don’t know if it was Georgia Moon brand), and some of them specifically call it moonshine.
I don’t know, but I live near one of the English whisky distilleries, and theirs tastes much more like a Scotch - it’s barley-based, not rye, although the maturation accounts for the bulk of the flavour. But remember that “Scotch” is a broad church…
Japan, Australia and New Zealand also make respectable whiskies. India makes at least one as well, although I’ve not tried it so I don’t know what it’s like.
As I understand it (from a poster here whose name escapes me from a previous booze thread), the white whiskey / moonshine trend is due to a lot of new distilleries needing to sell SOMETHING while waiting for their barrel-aged whiskies to mature and finding that the markets for other young spirits glutted (vodka especially).