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The Lake District has long been a crucible for creativity, a place in which the imagination can flourish, and it’s no different for Dhavall Gandhi. The Lakes Distillery’s whiskymaker takes his inspiration from the UNESCO World Heritage Site where our distillery has been built meticulously within a 160-year-old farmstead on the banks of the River Derwent. Sculpted into the very bedrock of our distillery, the quatrefoil represents our core beliefs; Faith, Hope, Luck and Love are the compass points of our journey, shared by like-minded adventurers who appreciate our creative approach to whisky making and the rewards of its discovery at the intersection of art, science and nature.
Whisky making in its highest form is a dance between science and art, control and creativity. It needs to respect tradition, but not be hampered by it. Our whiskymaker works across two seemingly distinct disciplines; the artist and the man of science.
The idea of distilling being distinct individual elements is not how a whiskymaker looks at the art. Rather it is part of a continuum, a net of possibilities where everything is interlinked. Change one element and the effect will change everything else. Only by understanding how flavours are created throughout the journey through the distillery will the whiskymaker fully comprehend the possibilities. That is why at The Lakes, unusually, our whiskymaker is actively involved at every stage. It is holistic whisky making.
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