DONGWEI Single Malt Whisky

Dongwei is a pioneering Chinese single malt whisky distillery founded by Master Distiller Dongye. The journey began in 2014 when Dongye embarked on an obsessive quest to create authentic whisky in China, spending 4-5 years meticulously researching every element—from malt and peat to yeast—while traversing half the country to source the perfect raw materials. By 2016, Dongwei's complete distillation process was finalized and stable production commenced. After an extensive site selection process that began in 2018, construction on the permanent, non-experimental distillery started in 2019 and was completed in 2020. In 2019, Dongye personally handcrafted China's first complete set of hand-hammered copper pot stills for whisky production, receiving invaluable technical guidance from Scottish collaborators Forthys and Frilli during fabrication. These stills were installed in the new distillery in 2021. The inaugural release, originally slated for 2022 when the earliest spirit reached six years of maturation, was delayed two years to ensure perfection. In 2024, Dongwei launched with 15 single cask expressions, with the oldest whiskies approaching eight years of aging. The distillery's full history is documented in the prestigious "World Whisky Yearbook," cementing its status as China's artisanal whisky pioneer.