English Whiskey Reviews — Expert Ratings & Tasting Notes

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The Lakes Distillery Quatrefoil Collection Salutation

Salutation — the first release in The Lakes Distillery's prestige Quatrefoil Collection, a sherry-forward celebration of...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

The Lakes Distillery Whiskymaker's Reserve No. 6 - English Review

8.5 Review

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The Lakes Distillery Whiskymaker's Reserve No. 6

The sixth instalment in the Reserve series — a richly sherried Lakeland single malt continuing Dhavall Gandhi's marriage...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

The Lakes Distillery Whiskymaker's Reserve No. 3 - English Review

8.5 Review

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The Lakes Distillery Whiskymaker's Reserve No. 3

The third Whiskymaker's Reserve — a deeper, more meditative sherry-led single malt from Bassenthwaite, released 2021.

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

The Lakes Distillery Whiskymaker's Reserve No. 2 - English Review

8.5 Review

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The Lakes Distillery Whiskymaker's Reserve No. 2

The second Whiskymaker's Reserve — red-wine-cask influence layered over sherry, a darker, fruitier chapter in Dhavall Ga...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

The Lakes Distillery Whiskymaker's Reserve No. 1 - English Review

8.5 Review

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The Lakes Distillery Whiskymaker's Reserve No. 1

The inaugural Whiskymaker's Reserve from Bassenthwaite — a sherry-forward single malt married by Dhavall Gandhi, release...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

The Lakes Distillery The One Sherry Wine Cask Finished - English Review

8.2 Review

Blended

The Lakes Distillery The One Sherry Wine Cask Finished

A blended whisky finished in oloroso sherry casks at the Lakes Distillery — plush, fruit-laden, and punching well above ...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

The Lakes Distillery The Whiskymaker's Reserve No. 5 - English Review

8.5 Review

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The Lakes Distillery The Whiskymaker's Reserve No. 5

The fifth instalment of the Reserve series — an English single malt drawn from an evolving library of sherry and red win...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

The Lakes Distillery The Whiskymaker's Reserve No. 4 - English Review

8.5 Review

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The Lakes Distillery The Whiskymaker's Reserve No. 4

The fourth chapter in Dhavall Gandhi's flagship Reserve series — a deeply sherried English single malt composed from an ...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

The Lakes Distillery Whiskymaker's Editions Resfeber - English Review

8.5 Review

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The Lakes Distillery Whiskymaker's Editions Resfeber

A Swedish word for travel-fever answered in a glass — Resfeber is restless, red-fruited, and built on the deep sherry fo...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

The Lakes Distillery Whiskymaker's Editions Iris - English Review

8.5 Review

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The Lakes Distillery Whiskymaker's Editions Iris

Named for the goddess of the rainbow, Iris is a prismatic expression from the Lake District — sherry-soaked, floral, and...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

8.5 Review

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Cotswolds Bourbon Cask Single Malt

Ex-bourbon casks, floor-malted Cotswolds barley and a muscular cask-strength delivery — clean, citric and bright.

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Spirit of Yorkshire Filey Bay Yorkshire Day Edition - English Review

8.5 Review

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Spirit of Yorkshire Filey Bay Yorkshire Day Edition

An annual toast to the 1st of August — Spirit of Yorkshire's celebration of county, barley and coast.

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026