Penderyn Grand Slam Edition 2005

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

Penderyn Portwood Single Cask for Whiskyfestival Gent 2016

Penderyn from Wales was chosen to provide the festival bottling for the International Whisky Festival in Ghent (Belgium) for 2016. They chose a single cask of whisky that first matured on bourbon and then got a finish in port wood. That explains the pink sheen. 360 bottles at a drinking strength of 46% were available for 59 EUR. The nose is fairly...

Score 77/100

Penderyn Madeira 41

The reviewed sample is compliments of @jonathan. The bottle had been open for 3 months at the time of the tasting notes. No water was added Nose: sweet and pleasant Madeira wine greets first, followed by light cereal-like flavours of barley-grain and a hint of citrus. A little sourness comes out to balance the sweetness. This is a very nice nose,...

Score 87/100

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