Tag: whisky

Water used in Scotch whisky worth six times tap water

Business

Deadline News Journalist - January 15, 2016

WATER used to make Scotch whisky generates six times more for the nation’s economy than it typically costs to buy. Economists say a metre cubed...

Whisky fan camps in rain for four nights – so he can spend £17,000 on a bottle of Scotland’s finest

Business

Deadline News Journalist - November 12, 2015

A DIEHARD whisky fan camped out in the November rain for four nights for the chance to spend £17,856 on a single bottle of...

Craft Distillers Toast as Perthshire Prepares for a Conference Boom

Business

Deadline News Journalist - October 1, 2015

THE UK’s first national conference for craft distillers heads up a month of important trade events taking place in Perthshire, expected to significantly boost the food...

Leading whisky distributor claims new distilleries are “seducing” customers

Local News

Kirsty Stewart - September 28, 2015

A LEADING whisky distributor has claimed that new distilleries are “seducing” customers into buying alcohol that has not been aged long enough. Ian Bankier, executive...