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  • Founder's Choice Single Malt Whisky
  • cotswolds founder's choice single malt whisky bottle with gift box
  • Founder's Choice Single Malt Whisky
  • Founders Serve Dram
  • Founder's Choice Single Malt Whisky

Founder's Choice Single Malt Whisky

Regular price £76.00
Cask strength: Between 59.1% ABV and 60.5% ABV 700ml

Enjoy free UK delivery when you spend over £50.

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Order by 5pm Monday to Thursday for next working day delivery.

Part of our Cask Expressions Collection, our cask strength Founder's Choice Single Malt Whisky is aged exclusively in our founder Dan's favourite casks: STR (Shaved, Toasted and Re-charred) ex-red wine barriques. These highly active casks were created by our mentor and renowned whisky consultant, the late Dr. Jim Swan, and give a rich and intense maturation to our fruity new make spirit, offering strong notes of toffee, chocolate and red fruits, as well as a beautiful, deep colour. 

Non-chill filtered. Natural colour.

Highly active casks give a rich, intense maturation, with strong notes of toffee, chocolate and red fruit, and a beautiful, deep colour.
Malt: 100% locally grown, traditionally floor malted barley from the Cotswolds. Yeast: Two complementary varieties - Anchor and Fermentis - to ensure good yields and excellent fruity flavours. Water: Village water supply - filtered, softened and demineralised before use. Wood: STR (Shaved, Toasted and Re-charred) American oak ex-red wine casks, designed by the late Dr Jim Swan.

Free UK delivery on orders over £50 to addresses in England, Wales and Scotland.

UK delivery: Sent with DPD on a next working day service. Order by 5pm Monday to Thursday and it should arrive the next working day. Weekend orders usually arrive on Tuesday.

EU delivery: Sent from our EU warehouse and usually delivered within 3 to 7 working days, depending on where you are.

Every order is carefully packed in fully recyclable packaging.

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Founder's Choice Single Malt Whisky £76.00

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Our single malt, matured in our founder's favourite casks

Matured exclusively in the casks our founder loves most: shaved, toasted and re-charred ex-red wine barriques. These lively casks give a rich, intense character, a beautiful deep colour and big notes of toffee, chocolate and red fruit. Part of our Cask Expressions Collection, bottled at cask strength.

Local barley

Grown 15 minutes away at Akeman Street Farm and traditionally floor-malted.

Made in the Cotswolds

All of our spirits are handmade at our distillery using locally sourced ingredients where possible.

Award-winning

Our spirits have won many awards including Best English Whisky at the 2026 English Whisky Awards.

Tasting notes

Nose

Cinnamon spice, red fruit and dark chocolate.

Palate

Toffee, chocolate and red fruit.

Finish

Long and fruity, with chocolate, cherries, fig and clove.

Flavour at a glance

  • Fruity
  • Sweet
  • Oaky
  • Spicy
  • Smoky
Full specification
Malt: 100% locally grown, traditionally floor malted barley from the Cotswolds.

Yeast: Two complementary varieties - Anchor and Fermentis - to ensure good yields and excellent fruity flavours.

Water: Village water supply - filtered, softened and demineralised before use.

Wood: STR (Shaved, Toasted and Re-charred) American oak ex-red wine casks, designed by the late Dr Jim Swan.

Awards

Award world whiskies awards 2019 category winner award logo iwsc 2019 gold award logo san francisco world spirits competition 2020 double gold award logo

Serving suggestion

We recommend enjoying our Founder's Choice Single Malt on its own to really appreciate those flavours coming through.

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Local barley

Our barley is grown at Akeman Street Farm by Michael Greene, a fifth-generation farmer, in Cotswolds limestone soil. We know the farm, the family and the field where every bottle begins.

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Anonymous

Amazing whiskey, bought as a gift and they loved it

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Richard g.

Very good compares well with other quality whisky. Toss up between Norfolk distillery and yours. Both very 👍

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Peter B.

Excellent whisky,will buy more!