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Heriot-Watt Research Could Cut Whisky Emissions by 16%
A landmark piece of research published this month out of one of the world's most respected institutions for distilling science has quietly landed in the technical literature — and its implications stretch far beyond Scotland's misty glens. Researchers at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh have ide
German Malthouse Closure Signals Scotch Whisky Demand Crisis
A German Malthouse Closure and What It Tells Us About Scotch Whisky's Reckoning The Scotch whisky industry's troubles have crossed the North Sea. A massive malting operation in Hamburg is reportedly on its way out — a direct casualty of the sustained demand slump that has been reshaping Scotland's
Famous Grouse Becomes Edinburgh Rugby's Official Whisky
The Famous Grouse Becomes Official Whisky of Edinburgh Rugby in a Deal That Runs Deeper Than a Sponsorship Logo When a brand with over a century of Scottish heritage locks arms with one of professional rugby's most storied club sides, the story goes well beyond a press release. Edinburgh Rugby has
Manhattan's Only Whiskey Distillery Closes After Five Years
The End of an Era: Manhattan's Only Whiskey Distillery Shuts Its Doors It took more than a century to bring legal whiskey distilling back to Manhattan, and just five years to lose it again. Great Jones Distilling Co., the landmark operation that reclaimed a piece of New York's pre-Prohibition iden
Uncle Nearest Whiskey's Rise and Fall Into Legal Chaos
The Fall of Uncle Nearest: How One of American Whiskey's Greatest Success Stories Ended Up in a Courtroom It was supposed to be one of the most inspiring stories in the history of American spirits. A brand built on the recovered legacy of Nathan "Nearest" Green — the formerly enslaved man widely r
England's GI Battle Is Splitting the British Spirits Industry
England's Whisky War: Inside the GI Battle Splitting the British Spirits Industry For most of American whiskey history, the rules governing what goes in the bottle have been fiercely debated — from the Bottled-in-Bond Act of 1897 to the ongoing push to define American single malt. England is now l
Ja Rule's Whiskey Brand Raises $7M on Craft Strategy
Ja Rule's Amber & Opal Is Raising Up to $7 Million — And It's Playing the Long Game Most artists who venture into the spirits business treat the whole exercise like a licensing deal — put the name on the label, show up at a launch party, and let the marketing machine handle the rest. Ja Rule i
American Whiskey Brands Enter Germany's Tough Market
Two American Whiskey Brands Take Aim at Germany's Demanding Spirits Market At a moment when American whiskey's relationship with Europe is anything but simple, two producers — one rooted in the Blue Ridge foothills of Virginia and the other drawing from the ancient timber country of Northern Calif
Scottish Distillery Waste Powers a $3.3M Algae Revolution
Scotland's Whisky Distilleries Are Now Feeding an Algae Revolution — and the Scottish Government Just Backed It With $3.3 Million Scotland produces more than just world-renowned Scotch whisky. It produces, in staggering volumes, the industrial waste that comes with it — billions of liters of nutri
Caustic Spill from Diageo Distillery Devastates River Spey
A Poisoned Tributary: How a Caustic Chemical from a Johnnie Walker Distillery Devastated One of Scotland's Most Storied Rivers The River Spey has long been considered one of the defining natural features of Scotch whisky country — a fast, cold, luminously clear waterway cutting through 107 miles o
