Issue five is an English Whisky Special consisting of five separate 28-page journals all for just £10 – the same price as a regular issue. Each journal focuses on one distillery, giving you the lowdown on how it came about, what it makes, how and why. From the Lake District to the Yorkshire Coast and from the Peak District to Norfolk to the Cotswolds, take a whisky tour around England and discover the drama behind the drams.

part one:
The lakes distillery

Before Sarah Burgess applied for her first job as a whisky maker, her blending experience was more Scotch  broth than Scotch whisky. So how on earth did she nail the interview? Learn what makes Sarah tick and get access to a space very few people are given; The Lakes Distillery’s whisky studio.

part two:
the cotswolds distillery

Daniel Szor has never really seen himself as a risk taker. Perhaps that’s because he never really thought opening an English whisky distillery in the Cotswolds was a risk. It looks like he was right! We catch up with Daniel to chat about near-death experiences, the importance of legacy and why his mate Dave has a lot to answer for…

part three:
White peak distillery

Max Vaughan looks more like one of the Beastie Boys than he does a finance guy who was forging a successful career in the City. Which is possibly partly why he decided to stop being a finance guy forging a successful career in the City. He doesn’t look much like you’d imagine a whisky distillery owner to look either. Which is possibly why White Peak doesn’t look like your typical whisky distillery.

part four:
the english distillery

The English Distillery is the oldest registered distillery in England and, in 2024, it weaved itself even more tightly into the tapestry of English whisky by picking up the accolade of World’s Best Single Malt. Not bad for a distillery that, as Andrew Nelstrop explains, was conceived by his father purely as a passion project, without him having a desire to sell so much as a single bottle!

part five:
spirit of yorkshire distillery

First came the barley, then came Wold Top Brewery, and finally there was Filey Bay whisky. Third-generation farmer (and first-generation brewery and whisky distillery owner) Tom Mellor is someone focused on making things happen. And he is now focused on putting Yorkshire firmly on the world whisky map.