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Wire Works First Release

Lot: 6161027

Wire Works First Release

Winning Bid: £65

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Lot:
Distillery: 
White Peak
Age: 
N/A
Vintage: 
2018
Region: 
England
Bottler: 
Official
Cask Type: 
See Lot Description
Bottled Strength: 
50.3%
Bottle Size: 
70cl
Distillery Status: 
Operational
product Details

Wire Works First Release

White Peak distillery was founded in 2016 by husband-and-wife team, Max & Claire Vaughan. When the facility was completed inside the former Johnson & Nephew Wire Works, it became the first whisky producer in the county of Derbyshire. In the 19th century, the Wire Works was known for producing some of the highest quality cabling in the world. The factory’s galvanised products would be used in the first cross-Channel communication line, suspension bridges and buildings all over the world.  Max & Claire describe their operation as “very manual,” and involves a mixture of peated and unpeated spirit. A four-day fermentation period is their standard and distillation takes place in small custom-built, copper pot stills. Early examples of the distillery’s spirit were made available from 2020, including an independent release from That Boutique-y Whisky Company, and the distillery debuted its inaugural single malt in 2022.

This was distilled in 2018 and aged in a combination of first-fill ex-Bourbon and STR (shaved, toasted and recharred) casks. It was bottled at a generously high ABV before finally being released on 3rd February 2022.

In recognition to the facilities manufacturing past, the glass bottle is presented in the form of a wound galvanised cable.

One of 5,016 bottles.

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