Wire Works Bourbon Barrel becomes the second addition to their core range, joining multi-award winner Wire Works Caduro. Flavour-wise, both Caduro and Bourbon Barrel represent different expressions of the style of authentic, lightly-peated whisky.

Gold Medal - International Wine & Spirits Competition 2025

Judges comments: ‘Enticing, dense aromas of digestive biscuits and wood shavings blend with icing sugar. The palate offers a rich sweetness balanced by gentle peat and fruit notes, leading to a long, spicy finish of fruitcake and faint bonfire smoke.’

This is their first ever ex-bourbon barrel only full maturation, featuring some of the oldest casks in the warehouse.

The White Peak team's approach to whisky-making is to think about every stage of the process, especially those that can contribute ‘before the cask'. This means focusing on flavour and provenance and meticulously engineering the core elements of the spirit; from the lightly-peated barley to their custom-built copper pot stills. Even the fresh brewers yeast is sourced weekly from the local Thornbridge Brewery. 

White Peak, a Derbyshire distillery established in 2016 by Max and Claire Vaughan, crafts English whisky, rum, and gin. Situated at a UNESCO World Heritage Site, a former wire works near River Derwent: thus the Wire Works brand. Their on-site process, from mashing malt to slow fermentation, influenced by local yeast, creates a unique flavour profile.