The English Smokey, Single Malt English Whisky, 43% vol

At a time when world-class Whisky made in England was unthinkable, our father & son founders took a chance and kickstarted a category. From dream to dram, every aspect of The English is born of their vision. No investors, no interference. Just exceptional spirits, made for sharing, that keep getting better.

When our founders built the distillery, they chose a spot directly above a source of sweet, mineral-rich water, the same water that’s made our whisky every day since 2006. Without our corner of Norfolk, our whisky wouldn’t be the same. Our roots are as deeply embedded in the Norfolk soil (right below the bedrock, in fact) as they can be, and we couldn’t be more proud.

Winning ‘The World’s Best Single Malt Whisky’ in the World Whiskies Awards 2024 shows that doing things the right way makes a difference. The English Sherry Cask beat off stiff competition from some of the most renowned distilleries in the world, propelling our rural distillery into the limelight and proving that English whisky can hold its own on a global stage.

The distillery has a unique place in history. In 1901 the last recorded whisky distillery in England swapped from whisky to gin production before being destroyed by fire. This saw the end of whisky making in England until The English Distillery was granted a license to distil whisky by HMRC. In 2006 it became the first registered, operational whisky distillery in England for over 100 years.