Aberdeen’s Porter’s Gin opens its doors to the public and releases much anticipated ‘Tropical Old Tom’ Iain Meldrum November 24, 2018 Drink, Gin When you picture a distillery, it’s not hard to imagine a huge warehouse full of bubbling vats, hisses of steam and gleaming copper stills with undulating curves. So it comes as somewhat of a surprise to...
Central Scotland’s first rum distillery ready for production Rosalind Erskine October 23, 2018 Drink, In the News The £100K distillery is equipped with two 200 litre copper pot stills, capable of producing 50,000 litres of artisanal rum in its first year; the equivalent of 2m single rum serves. Over the next twelve...
Legendary ‘lost’ Highland distillery takes one step closer to revival with planning permission Sean Murphy October 10, 2018 Drink, In the News, Whisky Owners Diageo, who are behind the plans to revive Brora distillery, say work will now begin to restore the original buildings, which date back almost two centuries to 1819, bringing the site back to life as a...
Wester Spirit Co. announce launch of Glasgow’s first rum distillery in over 300 years Sean Murphy October 10, 2018 Drink, In the News Bucking the current trend across the country of distilling gin and whisky and following in the footsteps of Dark Matter Distillers in Aberdeenshire, Wester Spirit Co., which was set up by Glasgow residents...
Whisky company Douglas Laing announces name of new Glasgow distillery Sean Murphy August 27, 2018 Drink, In the News, Whisky Independent Scotch whisky blender and bottler, Douglas Laing & Co. has announced that the new distillery will be named 'Clutha', after the Gaelic word for the river which runs through the heart of the...
Firm behind Benromach announce plans for new single malt distillery at Craggan Sean Murphy May 30, 2018 Drink, Whisky Speymalt Whisky Distributors, which is also the parent company of Elgin-based whisky specialist Gordon & MacPhail, said the new distillery will be located near the River Spey and the first to be built in...
Arbikie launches competition to win last Arbikie Rye Bottle to mark World Whisky Day Sean Murphy May 18, 2018 Drink, In the News Arbikie Highland Estate say the competition will run for one month and consumers will be able to enter it via the Arbikie Instagram page (@arbikiedistillery). Consumers must like the page, post and tag any...
Elixir Distillers confirms plans to build a new distillery on Islay Sean Murphy April 26, 2018 In the News, Producers, Whisky At a public consultation held at Ramsay Hall in Port Ellen, Islay, on the 25th May Mr Singh, who is also the founder of The Whisky Exchange, confirmed the firm's intentions to build a new distillery on the...
Fife-based whisky distillery’s spirit comes of age Rosalind Erskine March 26, 2018 Drink, In the News, Producers, Whisky The Wemyss family's fledgling Fife distillery visitor centre was opened to the public on St Andrews Day 2014, with spirit distillation beginning in January 2015. After a few months perfecting the spirit...
Swedish distillery congratulates Scottish gin maker who took its ‘world’s strongest gin’ title Sean Murphy February 12, 2018 Drink, Gin, In the News Smögen Distillery messaged Scotland's Twin River Distillery to congratulate them, saying that it was inevitable that at some point, their gin, Strane Uncut, would be "knocked off the ‘strongest gin’...
