The Maker The Octave series is from independent bottler Duncan Taylor. The story of Duncan Taylor goes back nearly 90 years to 1938 where they were founded in Glasgow as a cask brokerage. After several decades blending whiskies and exporting them around the world the company was acquired by an American named Abe Rosenberg. He then unsurprisingly focused on building that business through premiumisation (sounds familiar) by ensuring that every blend produced was made of the bes