Whisky News
Plans for Benbecula distillery unveiled
ISLANDERS could soon be sipping a locally-made whisky instead of collecting bottles from the beach if plans for a distillery on Benbecula are given the go-ahead. Father-and-son team Angus A MacMillan and Angus E MacMillan, who set up the Uist Distilling Company, will submit plans for a £6.5 million unit at Gramsdale. They say the…
Read MoreOrganic distillery fills ‘Hope lies in dreams’ casks
A DISTILLERY on the Morvern peninsula is marking 2020 by launching 60 limited edition casks. Nc’nean, named after the Gaelic queen of the spirits, will stencil each of the barrels with the phrase “Hope lies in dreams” to mark the coronavirus pandemic and its impact. The casks will be filled with spirit distilled this year.…
Read MoreDistillery buys Bonnie Prince Charlie’s island hideout
North Uist Distillery has bought Nunton Steadings on Benbecula, where Bonnie Prince Charlie hid following the Battle of Culloden. Master distiller Jonny Ingledew and creative director Kate MacDonald now want to turn the steading into a distillery and visitors’ centre. They want to make whisky from locally-grown bere barley, as well producing their Downpour gin,…
Read MoreCharlie MacLean’s sons launch whiskies
SCOTCH expert Charlie MacLean’s sons have launched two whiskies to raise money for clean water projects in Madagascar. Just 168 bottles of MacLean’s Pillage, a blended malt, and 299 bottles of MacLean’s Spillage, a blended Scotch, will go on sale at 10am today at www.royalmilewhiskies.com and should bring in £100,000 for Argyll-based charity Feedback Madagascar…
Read MoreWhisky casks go digital
RESEARCHERS at the University of Strathclyde have developed a computer simulation to help whisky distillers fill their casks without spilling any spirit. As well as the computer program, the engineers built a cask-filling test rig and achieved 99% consistency when filling a 200-litre cask in less than one minute. Inconsistent cask filling can lead to too…
Read MoreJohnnie Walker unveils paper whisky bottle
THE world’s biggest Scotch whisky brand will go on sale in paper bottles from next year. Johnnie Walker has unveiled what it bills as the world’s first plastic-free, paper-based spirits bottle. The bottle is made from sustainable-sourced wood and can be recycled after it’s been used. Ewan Andrew, chief sustainability officer at Diageo, the company…
Read MoreGlasgow Distillery expands exports after bank deal
THE Glasgow Distillery Company has borrowed £5.5 million from Barclays to help grow its overseas sales. The distillery will lay down more spirit to turn into whisky after signing a deal to sell drinks to Russia. Distribution deals covering Belgium and Luxembourg are also being developed. Europe is already the firm’s biggest overseas market, with…
Read MoreEden Mill’s first whisky sells for £7100 at auction
A bottle of single malt whisky from Scotland has fetched a record-breaking price at auction for the first release from a distillery. Eden Mill’s bottle number one of 300 from the Limited Release First Bottling, the first drops of whisky to be distilled and bottled in St Andrews for nearly 160 years, achieved a record…
Read MoreDundee gets set to welcome a festival of whisky
A popular whisky event is on the move – because it has been such a success. After two sell out years in Falkirk, the Whisky Social will expand as it moves to Dundee. The Bonar Hall will be the venue for the first whisky festival to come to the City of Discovery on Saturday. Offering…
Read MoreGet your hands on a limited edition bottle of whisky
Whisky enthusiasts have the chance to get their hands on a limited edition debut release. The 1770 Glasgow Single Malt Scotch Whisky has been crafted by the team of young distillers as the debut release from The Glasgow Distillery Company. Merging tradition with innovation, they wanted to create a single malt that embodied Glasgow –…
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