Spotlights and Deep-Dives

Thompson Bros Location: Highland, Scotland   Note: Our Indie Spotlight articles look into stories of individual independent bottlers (or "IBs"), t...

Buffalo Trace Distillery   Frankfort, Kentucky, United States   This article is about an American distillery. For a fascinating overview of the ...

 Kanosuke Distillery Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan   Kanosuke Distillery is located along the Fukiagehama Beach on the West Coast of Kagoshima, a ...

Shizuoka Distillery Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan     Shizuoka Distillery is nestled amidst the gorgeous Oku-Shizu mountains and pr...

 Kavalan Distillery Yilan County, Taiwan   Kavalan taking the world by storm. (Image Source: Boozeat)   A distillery that would change the map ...

Compass Box Whisky Co. Location: Chiswick, London, United Kingdom   Note: Our Indie Spotlight articles look into stories of individual independe...

SMWS Codes and Colours   The Code Now as we mentioned earlier, each bottle of SMWS is always recognizable by a strange numerical (sometimes alpha-...

Indie Spotlight: The Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS) Location: Edinburgh, United Kingdom   Note: Our Indie Spotlight articles look into stories ...

New Midleton Distillery  Midleton, County Cork, Ireland     The modern Midleton Distilery’s Garden Still House (Image Source: Trusted People A...

 Springbank Distillery Campbeltown, Scotland     Tradition in production methods should be all important for any old-established family compan...

Miyagikyo Distillery Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan     The adventures of Masataka Taketsuru and his wife Rita in founding Nikka Whis...

   Oxford Artisan Distillery   Oxford, UK     This scene of Dr. Grant holding up a flare just before the T-Rex goes apesh*t still lives in my nig...