For 20 years, Penderyn Distillery - The Welsh Whisky Company – based in the Brecon Beacons, South Wales, has been working to bring back the spirit of the original Welsh Whisky distillery at Frongoch, near Bala, which closed more than 100 years ago due to Prohibition after receiving a royal warrant from Queen Victoria in July 1895.
For 20 years, Penderyn Distillery - The Welsh Whisky Company – based in the Brecon Beacons, South Wales, has been working to bring back the spirit of the original Welsh Whisky distillery at Frongoch, near Bala, which closed more than 100 years ago due to Prohibition after receiving a royal warrant from Queen Victoria in July 1895.
Penderyn - despite continued and sometimes difficult coronavirus restrictions – is now set to go into production at a second distillery, with the opening of a new £5m ($7m) Lloyds Street facility in Llandudno.
Penderyn expanded its operation with the opening on Monday, May 17, 2021 of the second distillery, with the creation of 17 jobs, in the Grade II listed Old Board School built in 1887.
Inside Penderyn s £5m Llandudno whisky distillery as it prepares to open
The famous brand based in the Brecon Beacons will launch its Llandudno distillery on Monday
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Whisky brand Penderyn will launch its Llandudno distillery next Monday as they help bring back the spirit of Frongoch to North Wales.
Commercial whisky production ended in Wales in 1910 with the closure of the distillery at Frongoch, near Bala.
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Former steel and logistics exec Stephen Davies has what must be one of the best jobs in Wales with a role at the helm of one of the nation s best-loved exports
Stephen Davies started off in the steel industry but has guided the Penderyn brand to an annual turnover of £15m (Image: WalesOnline/Rob Browne)
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