there are still no stills like fettercairn’s
Water has been trickling down the outside of the spirit still at Fettercairn for precisely 70 years. So why, when this doesn’t happen at any other distillery, do so few people know about it? Distillery manager Stewart Walker explains all
“It’s a wonderful thing to care”
John Campbell has dedicated his working life to whisky, Neil McGeoch has done the same with farming. Now Lochlea is reaping the benefits
hogshead hills and port pipe pyramids
It takes four years to train as a cooper, using tools and techniques that go back generations. Think you’ve got what it takes to keep casks constantly cosseted? Those faint of knuckle need not apply
Turning a FABLE into a true story
Independent bottler FABLE is pushing boundaries with its focus on storytelling, high-end creative, and single cask releases. We sat down with Calum and Andrew to talk about being true to yourself, the beauty of perfect imperfection, and why the Ghost Piper of Clanyard Bay doesn’t wear a kilt…
the drama of desiccated drams
As a book of his favourite photographs was about to be published, Ernie Button took time to reflect on a decade and a half spent desiccating drams, illuminating imbibed idiosyncrasies, and being perhaps the only person on the planet who can discern a distillate by sight alone…
“In a way, I feel like it is my distillery”
A strong relationship between distillery and master distiller is vital to making great whisky. In Campbeltown, it’s impossible to tell where Glen Scotia starts and Iain McAlister stops
Scotland’s secret whisky family
From the sinking of illicit stills in Perthshire’s Grandtully Loch to owning a distillery that has now vanished without a trace, Finn Thomson’s whisky heritage reads like a compelling piece of theatre. Now the independent bottler is ready to write the next chapter…