Location and contact details
Location: Penderyn Distillery, Pontpren, Penderyn, CF44 0SX
Visit Type: Vistor Centre
Co-ordinates: 51.764732, -3.521122
Telephone: +44 (0) 1685 810 651
Email: visitor[at]welsh-whisky.co.uk
Web: http://www.welsh-whisky.co.uk/ 
Twitter: Penderyn Whisky (@PenderynWhisky)Facts and figures
| Location | Penderyn Distillery, Pontpren, Penderyn, CF44 0SX |
| Founded | 2004 |
| Water Source | The Breacon Beacons National Park |
Opening Hours
Open seven days a week throughout the year with between 0930 and 1700 with tours running every hour.
Tours
Penderyn Tour £
Tour includes tasting of two Penderyn products; alternatively drivers can get a miniture of their choice.
Review: Penderyn Tour (16:00 on 17/05/2019)
Price: £9
The final distillery I visited on my short tour of Wales, was Penderyn; this was the first of the distilleries to open in Wales in the modern era.
Outside the distillery is clad in wood, but inside the Penderyn distillery is quite an industrial looking distillery. It has a couple of Scottish pot stills, but the main still with which they produce Penderyn whisky is a hybrid pot/column still.
When you arrive for the tour you check in and are directed to either the shop for a browse or to the exhibition on the history of Welsh whisky and Penderyn.
The tour itself is well structured with the information presented by the guide in a clear understandable manner; I got chatting with the guide and it turns out he'd previously worked at the distillery.
At the end of the tour you can sample a couple of their spirits (choosing between a few whiskies and their vodka. As a driver I was able to select a 5cl bottle of their standard Penderyn whisky to take away with me.
History
Penderyn is a Welsh whisky distillery and brand, producing the first commercially available whisky made in Wales since the 19th century. Produced at the Penderyn Distillery (the Welsh Whisky Company), Penderyn is a single malt whisky produced in several expressions, e.g. Madeira Finished, Peated, Sherrywood and Portwood.
The distillery also produces the Welsh Dragon 41% range comprising Legend (replacing the former 41% Madeira finish), Myth (Bourbon 'finish') and Celt (Peated).
It is distilled in the village of Penderyn, Rhondda Cynon Taf, in the Cynon Valley, from which the brand takes its name.
The company was launched in 2000 as the Welsh Whisky Company. Whisky had been distilled in Wales for hundreds of years, but stopped in 1894.[2] Penderyn became the first whisky to be manufactured in Wales for over a century when sales started in 2004. It remains the only whisky currently produced in the country.
The Penderyn Distillery also produces non-Whisky products: Merlyn Cream Liqueur, Five Vodka and Brecon Gin. Brecon Gin was awarded "Gold Best in Class" at the International Wines & Spirits Competition in 2011.
Penderyn Distillery is situated in Brecon Beacons National Park and sells internationally to markets such as Taiwan, Australia and France. The company opened up a visitors centre in June 2008, with Prince Charles, Prince of Wales leading the proceedings. The visitors centre now sees more than 35,000 visitors per annum.
