The Water
Penderyn Distillery is located in the
The Brecon Beacons National Park spans 519 square miles and contains some of the most spectacular, pristine and diverse landscapes in Europe. The Beacons themselves are a mountain range of outstanding natural beauty and home to Pen-y-fan, the highest old red sandstone summit in
Ten thousand years ago the last ice age ended. The ice floes covering Northern Europe stopped where Penderyn Distillery lies today before retreating back to the
The distillery also lies within the bounds of the Fforest Fawr National Geopark. There are only 53 Geoparks across the globe and they are administered by UNESCO as areas which exhibit ‘geological heritage of great significance’.
The aquifer is recharged via the overlying basal grit into limestone. In the higher unsaturated zone the primary direction of water movement is downwards, but below the water table, permeability decreases as the rock dips downwards so the main water movement becomes lateral along the structural features, especially closer to the water table.
The formation is described as being thick-bedded fine to coarse grained material and was deposited in a shallow marine environment. Most of the material is made up of touching grains of skeletal (e.g. coral reef) material with mud and calcite in between. Rock units formed of small, round calcified fragments known as ooids (Penderyn Oolite Member) are found lower in the formation. Ancient weathered surfaces exist in parts of the formation covered with thin ancient soils where the rock was briefly higher than sea-level before being submerged again.
Our source also provides some of the finest bottled mineral waters in the world.
