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| Abbreviation | EWG |
|---|---|
| Formation | 2022 |
| Type | Trade body |
| Legal status | Non profit organisation (Limited Company) |
| Purpose | Promote and protect English Whisky |
| Headquarters | Brierly Place New London Road
Chelmsford Essex CM2 0AP [1] |
| Origins | England |
| Products | English whisky |
Membership | 23 Distilleries |
| Morag Garden [2] | |
| Affiliations | British Distillers Alliance[3] |
| Website | English Whisk Guild |
The English Whisky Guild (EWG) is a trade body that promotes and protects English whisky.[4]
Purpose
The purpose of the English Whisky Guild is to:
- Promote and protect English Whisky including its diversity and flavour
- Offer support to producers and consumers
- Ensure high standards for English whisky across the industry in England [5]
Membership
The first meeting of the English Whisky Guild was on the 18th June 2021.
Founding distilleries
- Adnams Southwold
- Bimber Distillery
- Circumstance Distillery
- Cooper King Distillery
- Copper Rivet Distillery
- Cotswolds Distillery
- East London Liquor Co.
- Henstone Distillery
- Spirit of Yorkshire Distillery
- The English Whisky Co.
- The Lakes Distillery
- The Oxford Artisan Distillery
- Wharf Distillery
- White Peak Distillery
- Whittaker's Distillery
New Members
As of April 23, 2023, The English Whisk Guild consists of 23 members.[6]
- Ad Gefrin
- Ellers Farm Distillery
- Retribution Distilleries Co
- West Midlands Distillery
Ex-Members
When the English Whisky Guild applied to DEFRA for a Geographical Indication, Circumstance Distillery felt the Geographical Indication (as submitted in February 2022) would act as a barrier to entry for new distilleries and discourage innovation within the industry.[7]After failing to convince the Guild to alter the application Circumstance Distillery left the organisation in March 2022.
Recognition
In February 2022, the English Whisky Guild applied for a Geographical Indication to put into law the definition of English Whisky.[8]
External links
Geographical Indication
References
- ↑ "English Whisky Guild". Endole.
- ↑ Brooker, Alice (May 17, 2022). "English Whisky Guild appoints CEO as industry forecast to possess over £1bn in maturing stock". Worshipful Company of Distillers.
- ↑ "Associate Members". grassytest. Retrieved 2023-12-14.
- ↑ de Almeida, Andre (May 18, 2022). "Distilleries collaborate to launch the English Whisky Guild". Inside the Cask.
- ↑ Whymark, Bethany (May 19, 2022). "Distilleries team up to launch English Whisky Guild". The Drinks Report.
- ↑ De Almeida, André (April 30, 2023). "The English Whisky Map 5th Edition". Inside the Cask.
- ↑ Drinks Retailing News https://drinksretailingnews.co.uk/tension-mounts-over-english-whisky-gi-proposal/.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ Malczewski, Kate (February 25, 2022). "Producers seek legal definition for English whisky". The Spirits Business.