Bite-sized learning on everything and anything relating to wood, casks and the maturation of spirits by Dr. Martin Purvis. I wanted to learn more about sherry….. …so i could understand more about the impact on
New Laggan Bay Distillery to become number 12 for Islay
Mackay Smith and Donald MacKenzie, owners of independent Scotch whisky bottlers The Islay Boys and sister company Islay Ales, have been granted planning permission to build the island of Islay’s 12th whisky distillery at Glenegedale
U.S. Federal Ruling to Designate American Single Malt Category
Members of the American Single Malt Whiskey Commission (ASMWC), an organisation designed to define, establish, promote and protect the category of American Single Malts, are celebrating a new ruling based on the notice of rulemaking
Quarter Cask Insights #9
Bite-sized learning on everything and anything relating to wood, casks and the maturation of spirits by Dr. Martin Purvis. How do you prolong the life of high value casks? Sherry casks are high value capital
Quarter Cask Insights #8
Bite-sized learning on everything and anything relating to wood, casks and the maturation of spirits by Dr. Martin Purvis. It’s been a bit of a week on new oak process and props….. Thought I’d finish
Quarter Cask Insights #7
Bite-sized learning on everything and anything relating to wood, casks and the maturation of spirits by Dr. Martin Purvis. In times of shortage of barrels the focus can shift to the rejuvenation of older barrels
Having fun on World Whisky Day
After lockdown restrictions due to the pandemic, this year we decided to celebrate World Whisky Day by getting together and visiting some of our local distilleries in Glasgow, before moving on to the Bon Accord
Quarter Cask Insights #6
Bite-sized learning on everything and anything relating to wood, casks and the maturation of spirits by Dr. Martin Purvis. Top tips for buyers of new and used barrels in these market conditions….all learned the hard
Heaven Hill breaks ground on a $135 million distillery in Bardstown
The family-owned spirits company is expanding production with a new US$135 million state of the art distillery, Heaven Hill Springs Distillery, with its name paying tribute to the company’s original distillery that burned in a
New Product: Summerhall Distillery launches The Broody Hen Scotch whisky
Best known for Pickering’s Gin, Edinburgh’s Summerhall Distillery is expanding its range of spirits with the launch of a new blended scotch whisky: The Broody Hen. Summerhall Distillery has combined casks of whisky from Highland
The distilleries and rum manufacturers of Guadeloupe
The archipelago of Guadeloupe is located in the French West Indies, north of Martinique and Dominica and south of Antigua. It is made up of six islands with the two main ones – Basse-Terre and
Quarter Cask Insights #5
Bite-sized learning on everything and anything relating to wood, casks and the maturation of spirits by Dr. Martin Purvis. Time to wade into the debate around whisky cask sales/investment…. I was recently sent some details
The Chinese Whisky Map
There are now 26 whisky distilleries listed in China, with most of them built, operating and producing whisky including Pernod Ricard’s 叠川THE CHUAN Malt Whisky Distillery in Emeishan. Some are still in the construction phase,
Guadeloupe and the invention of single-block rums
Terroir is shaped by the range of soils and types of sugarcane used, but also by the climate in which the sugarcane grows and the rivers that criss-cross the land. Sugarcane regions located near the
Quarter Cask Insights #4
Bite-sized learning on everything and anything relating to wood, casks and the maturation of spirits by Dr. Martin Purvis. Maturation quality improvement….. How best to manage this complicated area When you reuse wood many times
