The Cotswolds Distillery Single Malt Spirit has been awarded the prestigious accolade of 'Liquid Gold' from Jim Murray in his forthcoming Whisky Bible 2017. The Cotswolds Distillery, founded in 2014, has for the second year running achieved a score of 94 out of 100 for the young spirit in their Test Batch Series Volume 2. Jim Murray tasted three different samples from the batch and commented on each:

20-month-old Ex-red wine cask, 94/100: “This is so, so lovely. Salivating malt from the very first second... the varying intensity of the sugars in mesmerising... At this moment, simply stunning!”

20-month-old Ex-Bourbon cask, 91/100: “Coming along rather beautifully.”

New Make Spirit, 89/100: “Massive personality on delivery... loads of malt and chocolate notes later on, and astonishing sugars in between. Yummy doesn't quite cover it.”

Based in the Cotswolds, and the first single malt whisky distillery in the area, the Cotswolds Distillery will be releasing their Single Malt Whisky in October 2017. This first release will be based on the award-winning ex-red wine (shaved, toasted and recharred) cask and blended with ex-Bourbon casks.  

Daniel Szor, Founder and CEO of the Cotswolds Distillery, said “We are extremely pleased to have been awarded this industry accolade for the second year in a row.  Given that our Cotswolds Single Malt launches in less than a year, this is a testament to all the hard work and research that has gone into producing our first batch of Whisky. For whisky lovers out there they too can taste the samples that Jim has reviewed with our Test Batch Series Volume 2.”

The Cotswolds Distillery already has an award-winning product – Cotswolds Dry Gin – now on sale nationally and in over 15 countries. 

The Test Batch Series Volume 2 that was reviewed by Jim Murray is now on sale from the Cotswolds Distillery and can be bought online from their website www.cotswoldsdistillery.com/shop and from specialist retailers.

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Notes to Editors:

• The Cotswolds Distillery is the first-ever full-scale distillery in the Cotswolds and will produce the first Single Malt Whisky from the Cotswolds area.
• It was founded in 2014 by Daniel Szor, who left the world of finance to achieve his dream of building his own business.
• The first whisky release will be in October 2017 after the mandatory three-year aging period. Currently, the distillery are pre-selling 5,000 bottles that are expected to become collector's items.
• Key national accounts include M&S, Majestic, Oddbins, Laithwaites, Harvey Nichols, Selfridges, and Fortnum & Mason.
• The distillery has become a premier local attraction, offering tours and tastings daily, and receives nearly 20,000 visitors a year.
• It represents an investment of £5 million, much of which was by the founder, along with local investors and through its highly-successful “Angels' Share” crowdfunding round earlier this year.