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A reservoir on the Great Orme will supply the water for Penderyn's Llandudno whisky.

The Welsh brand were granted planning permission last year to restore and convert the Old Board School on Lloyd Street into a Distillery and Visitor Centre.

It will see the shop open on May 17 and that date will see them start distilling on the Penderyn Llandudno Lloyd Street site for the first time - with tours to start in June.

Penderyn, based in the Brecon Beacons, have revealed it will be a unique new whisky for North Wales. They will use water from a reservoir near the old lighthouse on the Great Orme.

It will also be the first time Penderyn uses peated barley for its whisky. This is traditionally used to make scotch although Penderyn said the way they are combining it with its distinctive flavours will produce a unique profile single malt that will not be like any Scotch whisky.

But there will be a wait until the first dram is served with the whisky to be barrel aged for between five and eight years.

Jon Tregenna, from Penderyn Distillery, said: "We will start distilling on May 17 and that is big day for any distillery.

"We will create a distinct whisky in Llandudno and this will be the first time we have used peated barley. The water will come from a reservoir on the Great Orme.