French whisky is whisky produced in France. The distilleries producing French whisky include Celtic Whisky Distillerie, [1] La Distillerie des Menhirs, [2] and Warenghem [3] in Brittany; J. Bertrand, Hepp, and Lehmann in Alsace; [2] Guillon in the Champagne region; [4] and Grallet-Dupic in Lorraine. [5] There are over 80 whisky distilleries currently operating or opening in France. [6]
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The first French whisky was produced at Warenghem distillery in 1987, who then introduced the first single malt French whisky in 1998. [7]
According to a study in 2016, the French are the largest consumers of single malt whisky in the world, especially Scotch. [8]
