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The Forgan Distillery is based in rural Lancashire amongst cereal crops growing in rich dark soil about a mile from the sea, locally there’s also vegetable farming, horses, rural life in general, and an abundance of fresh air. From my garden – the rear view - there's nothing but a few fields some trees, and the sea.
Our current products are Forgan 42 Gin, Forgan 44 Vodka, Forgan 46 Dark Rum, Forgan 48 Bourbon, and Forgan 50 Rye Whiskey. Later this year we’ve starting Forgan 52 English Whiskey, to be aged in Portuguese sherry barrels, and Forgan 54 Tequila.
The number of each product is the %ABV
The Forgan Distillery gets its name from William Forgan, born in Fife, Scotland in 1626. William Forgan was the founder of the hamlet of Forgan, near St Andrews, and I'm a direct descendant. It has been family tradition that every generation one boy gets the middle name Forgan; in my generation it was me.
It took me over a year of applying for a full distiller’s license instead of the easier to obtain rectification license. The full licence allows me to create alcohol from scratch instead of buying it in, wherever possible I source crops and cereals locally, so I support local businesses, and by creating my own alcohol it allows me absolute control over the quality and integrity of my products and really emphasise the importance of handcrafted, high-quality produce.
Buried under the distillery is a stainless-steel time capsule. Sealed inside are 20 years of photographs of me, my wife and my cat and some music that’s important to me on a USB stick. There’s a photo of me, Viking Martin and Solar Dave who built the new distillery building, there’s one each of the bottle labels and a 30ml bottle of each product in there as well along with a letter to the finder with some basic history about me, my life, and the history of the distillery. Before sealing it up I threw in a load of silica gel capsules to help keep it dry in there and wrapped the whole thing in 50 or so layers of industrial plastic. Now that it’s sealed and buried there’s some other stuff I would have liked to have included, but that ship has sailed, so maybe I’ll just do another one.
Out front is a residential but quiet lane where you'll see horses, the occasional horse-drawn buggy, farm machinery, cyclists, hikers, and me wandering back from the pub drunk occasionally, usually on a Friday around 7:30 and Saturdays at some point.
Camera views are the lane out front, the view out back, the bug motel, the garden, sunsets, sunrise, and rural life. The Chilean Pine or monkey puzzle tree you see in the field view, was a birthday present in 2006, given to me in a pot by my wife, it was about 30cm tall, or 12 inches for you American folk. It's around 6.6 metres tall now (22 feet) and is an excellent specimen of a monkey puzzle and indeed my most prized possession since Strawberry cat died in Autumn 2025.
There are a lot of birds of prey around here, kestrels, peregrine falcons, sparrow hawks, barn owls, small owls, buzzards and 3 or 4 species of bats. We also get the Euro Fighter test flying over the bay, BAE Warton is visible from the garden (I used to work there last century) When the Southport and Blackpool airshows are on, I get a free viewing of the airplanes which is great.
Forgan Distillery prides itself on honesty and integrity, and the process of learning, experimenting and continuous improvement. If you’ve got any questions drop a line to hello [at] forgandistillery.com
Forgan Distillery Website
The Forgan Distillery is based in rural Lancashire amongst cereal crops growing in rich dark soil about a mile from the sea, locally there’s also vegetable farming, horses, rural life in general, and an abundance of fresh air. From my garden – the rear view - there's nothing but a few fields some trees, and the sea.
Our current products are Forgan 42 Gin, Forgan 44 Vodka, Forgan 46 Dark Rum, Forgan 48 Bourbon, and Forgan 50 Rye Whiskey. Later this year we’ve starting Forgan 52 English Whiskey, to be aged in Portuguese sherry barrels, and Forgan 54 Tequila.
The number of each product is the %ABV
The Forgan Distillery gets its name from William Forgan, born in Fife, Scotland in 1626. William Forgan was the founder of the hamlet of Forgan, near St Andrews, and I'm a direct descendant. It has been family tradition that every generation one boy gets the middle name Forgan; in my generation it was me.
It took me over a year of applying for a full distiller’s license instead of the easier to obtain rectification license. The full licence allows me to create alcohol from scratch instead of buying it in, wherever possible I source crops and cereals locally, so I support local businesses, and by creating my own alcohol it allows me absolute control over the quality and integrity of my products and really emphasise the importance of handcrafted, high-quality produce.
Buried under the distillery is a stainless-steel time capsule. Sealed inside are 20 years of photographs of me, my wife and my cat and some music that’s important to me on a USB stick. There’s a photo of me, Viking Martin and Solar Dave who built the new distillery building, there’s one each of the bottle labels and a 30ml bottle of each product in there as well along with a letter to the finder with some basic history about me, my life, and the history of the distillery. Before sealing it up I threw in a load of silica gel capsules to help keep it dry in there and wrapped the whole thing in 50 or so layers of industrial plastic. Now that it’s sealed and buried there’s some other stuff I would have liked to have included, but that ship has sailed, so maybe I’ll just do another one.
Out front is a residential but quiet lane where you'll see horses, the occasional horse-drawn buggy, farm machinery, cyclists, hikers, and me wandering back from the pub drunk occasionally, usually on a Friday around 7:30 and Saturdays at some point.
Camera views are the lane out front, the view out back, the bug motel, the garden, sunsets, sunrise, and rural life. The Chilean Pine or monkey puzzle tree you see in the field view, was a birthday present in 2006, given to me in a pot by my wife, it was about 30cm tall, or 12 inches for you American folk. It's around 6.6 metres tall now (22 feet) and is an excellent specimen of a monkey puzzle and indeed my most prized possession since Strawberry cat died in Autumn 2025.
There are a lot of birds of prey around here, kestrels, peregrine falcons, sparrow hawks, barn owls, small owls, buzzards and 3 or 4 species of bats. We also get the Euro Fighter test flying over the bay, BAE Warton is visible from the garden (I used to work there last century) When the Southport and Blackpool airshows are on, I get a free viewing of the airplanes which is great.
Forgan Distillery prides itself on honesty and integrity, and the process of learning, experimenting and continuous improvement. If you’ve got any questions drop a line to hello [at] forgandistillery.com
Forgan Distillery Website
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