Distillery

James Sedgwick Distillery

Owned by Distell Group / Heineken Beverages · Wellington, Western Cape, South Africa · Founded 1886

Founded 1886. Produces both Three Ships (single malt — Africa's first) and Bain's Cape Mountain Whisky (single grain, made entirely from yellow maize). Bain's won World's Best Grain Whisky at the World Whiskies Awards multiple times (2013, 2014, 2018). Master Distiller Andy Watts (since 1991) is the dominant figure in African whisky.