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’...
Eden Mill submits plans for new £4m distillery and brewery in Fife Sean Murphy February 8, 2018 Craft Beer, Drink, Gin Eden Mill announced the plans today, 8th February, with the £4 million expansion project in Guardbridge set to see historic former paper mill buildings refurbished to become Eden Mill’s new home –...
Crabbie’s return to Scotch with release of John Crabbie whisky brand Sean Murphy January 24, 2018 Drink, Whisky The new releases, an 8-year-old single malt and a 30-year-old single malt, were announced at an event in the capital hosted by renowned whisky writer Charles MacLean and John Crabbie managing director David...
Scottish whisky distilleries reach record numbers of visitors and are set to celebrate with free entry Scotsman Food and Drink Staff January 22, 2018 Drink, Producers, Whisky Over 2017, the number of tourists visiting Diageo’s 12 distillery visitor centres across Scotland reached a record high of 440,260 – an increase of 15.2 per cent on the previous year and the highest figure...
First rum distillery for Dumfries and Galloway given planning permission Sean Murphy November 24, 2017 Drink, In the News No set to be producing its first spirit by spring next year, Ninefold Distillery will produce a variety of rums in a converted traditional stone built farm building near Lockerbie. Housed on Dormont Estate,...
Spirit flows on the Clyde as Glasgow’s Clydeside Distillery officially opens Sean Murphy November 23, 2017 Drink, In the News, Whisky From today (Thursday 23 November), the visitors to the city will be able to get their first glimpse of the distillery, which sits between the Riverside Museum and SSE Hydro and is now producing the first...
