# Any ENGLISH Whiskey Distillers? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** liquor-alcohol\ **Created:** [November 17, 2013, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-english-whiskey-distillers/674095 "2013-11-17T00:50:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2013, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-english-whiskey-distillers/674095/1 "2013-11-17T00:50:54Z")
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? ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2013, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-english-whiskey-distillers/674095/2 "2013-11-17T01:19:48Z")
[Sure, 3 distilleries](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_whisky). 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. ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2013, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-english-whiskey-distillers/674095/3 "2013-11-17T02:24:21Z")
> [@ralph124c](#): > > 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? And what’s Wales, chopped liver? 😉 [http://www.welsh-whisky.co.uk/](http://www.welsh-whisky.co.uk/) ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2013, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-english-whiskey-distillers/674095/4 "2013-11-17T04:41:16Z")
Moved to Cafe Society. Colibri General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![Tinker\_Grey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tinker_grey/32/8136_2.png) [@Tinker\_Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tinker_Grey)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2013, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-english-whiskey-distillers/674095/5 "2013-11-17T04:46:03Z")
I am happy to say that Hendricks is available in the USA. In fact, by odd coincidence, I’m drinking it as I type. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2013, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-english-whiskey-distillers/674095/6 "2013-11-17T05:39:36Z")
> [@Tinker\_Grey](#): > > 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. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2013, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-english-whiskey-distillers/674095/7 "2013-11-17T06:56:35Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > [Sure, 3 distilleries](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_whisky). Note that it’s “whiskey” in Ireland and the USA, “whisky” in those other heathen countries. 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). ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2013, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-english-whiskey-distillers/674095/8 "2013-11-17T07:57:08Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2013, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-english-whiskey-distillers/674095/9 "2013-11-17T17:11:51Z")
Thanks…does the English whiskey taste anything like American or Canadian rye whiskeys? ---
**Author:** ![Bozuit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/edb3f5/32.png) [@Bozuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bozuit)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2013, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-english-whiskey-distillers/674095/10 "2013-11-17T18:12:04Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![MikeF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2013, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-english-whiskey-distillers/674095/11 "2013-11-18T18:52:45Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2013, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-english-whiskey-distillers/674095/12 "2013-11-18T21:38:04Z")
> [@MikeF](#): > > 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](http://www.dcfoodies.com/2011/04/white-whiskey-trend.html) 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. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2013, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-english-whiskey-distillers/674095/13 "2013-11-18T22:26:16Z")
> [@ralph124c](#): > > Thanks…does the English whiskey taste anything like American or Canadian rye whiskeys? 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… ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2013, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-english-whiskey-distillers/674095/14 "2013-11-18T22:27:36Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![typoink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@typoink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typoink)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-english-whiskey-distillers/674095/15 "2013-11-19T01:17:23Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > My thought: moonshine. I found [this article](http://www.dcfoodies.com/2011/04/white-whiskey-trend.html) 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. 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).