The London Distillery Company (LDC) will launch The Full English, a new range of independently bottled English whiskies, on Friday, November 20, 2026. The first three releases feature single casks from Bimber Distillery, Adnams Distillery, and The English Distillery.
The range highlights the different production methods that distilleries across England now use, and comes after English whisky finally received its Geographical Indication status.
LDC chose each whisky for its flavor, texture and individual character. All three bottlings have natural color and no chill filtration.
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READ THE STORYThe series takes its name from the traditional English breakfast. Each release takes its title from a song by an English artist.
“The Full English is about recognising that there isn’t one way to make English whisky, nor should there be,” said Matt McKay, managing director and whisky maker at LDC. “Across the country, distilleries are developing their own approaches to production, working with different grains, fermentation regimes, stills and casks to create whiskies with genuinely individual identities. That’s something worth celebrating.”
Table 01: London Calling comes from Bimber Distillery. LDC filled the spirit into virgin American oak cask #832 in May 2020. The release runs to 254 bottles at 58% ABV. It costs $121 (£90 / ₹11,290). According to the official notes from the brand, the nose shows toffee, split vanilla pod and desiccated coconut. Apricot, mango and lime juice lead the palate.
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Table 02: Portobello Belle is an Adnams whisky distilled in February 2015. It matured fully in portwood cask #30. This release offers 272 bottles at 58.7% ABV and costs $67 (£50 / ₹6,270). The official notes from the brand cite Demerara sugar, butterscotch, hedgerow berries, and fig jam.
Table 03: Ashes to Ashes features peated spirit from The English Distillery. It matured in moscatel barrique #12803 from October 2015. Only 141 bottles exist at 54.57% ABV, priced at $94 (£70 / ₹8,780). Smoked redcurrants, ripe peach and wood smoke appear in the official notes.
“For us, the starting point is always the whisky itself,” McKay said. “We want to find interesting whiskies, with something interesting to say, and give them a platform. There’s no prescribed style here, just distinctive, delicious English whisky, alongside a little sprinkling of our London attitude.”
LDC first opened in 2011. It was London’s first new whisky distillery since Lea Valley Distillery closed in 1903.
Gleann Mòr Spirits acquired The London Distillery Company (TLDC) in 2023.
McKay took up his role in January 2025. He was previously director of whisky creation and outreach at Dunphail Distillery in Scotland, and director of communications at London’s Bimber Distillery. He also has a background in industry policy. McKay sat on the board of the English Whisky Guild (EWG) while at Bimber and helped write the GI proposal.
The Full English opening collection will be available from londondistillery.co.uk and selected specialist retailers.
