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

The Maker Little Brown Dog Spirits was founded in 2018 by Chris Reed and Andrew Smith at an Aberdeenshire farm. Named for the family dog which has since sadly died, the company quickly made a name for itself among the ever expanding roster of scotch independent bottlers. Like several others it feels like the production of their own whisky is an inevitability, with gin production well underway. But until that happens we'll have to make do with frequent releases of indi stocks

The Maker Ballechin is the name for the peated variant of whisky from Edradour distillery on the outskirts of Pitlochry in the Highlands....

The Maker Infrequent Flyers is a range of single malts from the Alistair Walker Whisky Company. Like all other independent bottlers, AWWC...

The Maker Bunnahabhain is one of the great Islay distilleries. Founded in 1881 on the shores of the Sound of Islay overlooking Jura,...

The Maker Phil and Simon Thompson are well known to whisky nerds as the managers of the Dornoch Castle Hotel in the northern Highlands -...

The Maker North Star Spirits is a relatively new entrant to the growing independent bottling scene. It was established by husband and...

The Maker Bunnahabhain is one of the great Islay distilleries. Founded in 1881 on the shores of the Sound of Islay overlooking Jura,...

The Maker Glen Scotia, or simply ‘Scotia’ as it was originally known, was founded back in 1832 in Campbeltown, on the Kintyre peninsula....

Caol Ila Moch Islay Whisky Review

The Maker Bunnahabhain is one of the great Islay distilleries. Founded in 1881 on the shores of the Sound of Islay overlooking Jura,...