The English Distillery
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Andrew Nelstrop in the barrel warehouse at The English Distillery
Andrew Nelstrop in the barrel warehouse at The English Distillery

OUR HERITAGE

THE NELSTROP FAMILY HAS A 600 YEAR OLD TRADITION OF GROWING AND PROCESSING GRAIN

William Nelstroppe

1335

In 1335 William Nelstroppe was recorded as farming in Yorkshire; in 1772 Joseph started a mill in Ackworth which the family moved to at Stockport in 1820 where it is still run by the Nelstrop family.

The original Nelstrops family mill in Ackworth, Yorkshire

1820

Robert Nelstrop moves to Stockport, Cheshire and opens a new mill. Today, Nelstrop's is one of the largest and oldest private mills in the country.

Barley growing on Nelstrop family farms in Lincolnshire

1881

A branch of the family moved to Lincolnshire to farm in 1881 and now supplies a percentage of our malting barley.

1945

Our founder, James Nelstrop, is born into a farming family. James began an innovative life in farming and business which took him to Australia, where he introduced direct drilling, Russia where he carried out rural reconstruction work as CEO of the Nuffield Russia Trust, to Norfolk, where he introduced the 1st centre pivot in England.

The distillery in the early stages of construction

2005

Upon his retirement, James decided to make a life-long dream a reality and submitted a planning application for England's first whisky distillery in over 100 years. Iain Henderson, a noted distiller formerly of Laphroaig, led the distillation of the first whisky.

2007

The English Distillery was officially opened in the summer of 2007 by HRH The Prince of Wales, now HM King Charles III

2024

We won our biggest accolade to date - The World's Best Single Malt Whisky for The English Sherry Cask

Andrew Nelstrop, Chairman of The English Distillery

TODAY

The distillery is now led by James' son Andrew, who is building a legacy of exemplary English whisky with approachable, world-class spirits made the right way

“The distillery's original mission was to make a world-class single malt, and this is still what drives us today”

ANDREW NELSTROP

View of The English Distillery in Roudham, Norfolk

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