She may be the UK’s youngest distillery manager but the Cotswolds’ Alice Pearson is confidently forging her own path, defying stereotypes of what it means to be a woman in whisky and proving age is nothing but a number.

The English Whisky Guild (EWG) has appointed Morag Garden as its first CEO as maturing stocks of English whisky are expected to hit a value of £1billion by next year.

This St. George’s Day we asked six women who are shaping English whisky what it’s like to be behind one of the fastest-growing and exciting new world whisky categories.