Talk:Welsh whisky

Old talk

This was in response to the claims about the Pendryn company only needing one still. As the rest of the section was a Copyvio, it has been removed.

Not really true. The first distillation is in a pot still and the vapour is taken directly into a column still. So, it is really distilled twice. The closest approximation in the old days is the Lomond still used in a few distilleries in Scotland many years ago.

Unsigned by 216.54.80.2 03:12, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

Older Welsh Whisky

I don't have the time now, but there should probably be mention of the previous "Welsh whiskies" (Prince of Wales, etc) that were produced in Scotland, steeped in welsh herbs, and bottled in Wales. I believe that this practice caused the Scottish government to pass new legislation to put an end to the trickery. Pendryn was not the first attempt at creating a product of Wales.

And for the record, Prince of Wales was a fantasticly unique whisky.

Flavor

what seperates it's flavor from other british isles whisky? That should be in the article. Never having tasted this type, i can't comment. ReverendG 07:38, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

Error in timeframe?

There seems to be an error in the article that I haven't the knowledge to correct. The first paragraph states that Penderyn Distillery "revised" (I think the writer meant "revived") Welsh whisky distilling "after an absence of more than 100 years". Yet the second paragraph states that "The last distillery in Wales closed in 1984, and no whisky has been distilled until 2001." 1984 to 2001 is seventeen years, not "more than 100 years". Was the last distillery open for business for over 83 years without actually producing anything? Which paragraph is correct? 12.22.250.4 20:26, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

I agree that that does sound wrong. Since there's been no discussion on it since you posted this 5 months ago, I'll go ahead and remove one of them. Neither are cited, but since the latter is more precise, I'll remove thee "100 years" claim. Feel free to change it back if anyone can find a good reason to. Patch86 19:05, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

I think the 100 years was correct and 1984 should be 1884. I'm not aware of any distillery in Wales in my lifetime other than the present one. --84.250.7.88 21:05, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

Awards

I propose to delete the reference to the product awards. The organisations that runs the awards cited on the company's own web site are funded entirely by the drinks industry. The awarding bodies charge a fee for entry into these competitions and they then award nearly all entrants with one prize or another. They are little more than a marketing gimmick. They therefore do not comply with NPOV and wiki policies regarding promotion. Are there any truly independent bodies issuing assessments of whiskies? If anyone disagree with the proposal please state why in the next week or so.

Need more history please

It would be nice if someone could find a reference and include some information about Welsh whisky before 2001. I see there was some here previously but it was unsourced and contradictory. Rees11 (talk) 16:12, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

I found what I thought was going to be a good source, The Whiskey Companion: A Connoisseur's Guide to the World's Finest Whiskies by Helen Arthur, but it's got a couple obvious mistakes, like misspelling Jack Daniel's name and claiming that Elijah Craig was from Wales (he was of Welsh heritage but was born in the US). Both Jack Daniel and Evan Williams were from Wales, and that info could be added with proper sources. I'll keep looking. Rees11 (talk) 17:39, 28 August 2009 (UTC)

Bardsey distilling

This sentence does not help to discount the Bardsey story:

Also, "chwisgi" comes from the Scottish Gaelic uisge beatha or Irish uisce beatha (both meaning "water of life"), themselves calques from Mediaeval Latin aqua vitae.

A later writer would have used the then current word for whisky; if there was a distilled drink in fourth-century Wales then it would have had a different name. I propose deleting this sentence. The point about Reaullt Hir's name is stronger (but not conclusive), and I would keep this. Verbcatcher (talk) 06:23, 9 November 2013 (UTC)

Why no contents?

There isn't a table of contents for this page and I was wondering why. Is it because the page doesn't meet length requirements? Firestarforever (talk) 14:28, 12 April 2019 (UTC)

Yeah, an article must have at least three headers below the lead for a table of contents to be automatically generated. There's only two in this article. oknazevad (talk) 15:12, 12 April 2019 (UTC)

Anglesey Mon Whisky

There is no mention of Anglesey Mon which from personsl experience produced whisky in North Wales ahead of the Aber Falls first release, and is one of now 5 distillery brands in Wales. 2A00:23C7:F990:FA01:B96A:2987:98AF:92E8 (talk) 23:12, 30 July 2021 (UTC)

Article improvements

Is there any other information that could be added to improve the article?.ChefBear01 (talk) 20:39, 25 February 2024 (UTC)