It is no secret that one of our founders, Greg, has a more than mild addiction to Lego and loves nothing more than designing and
Capping an incredible awards season, independent bottlers, GreatDrams has picked up their second Double Gold at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition as well as
let’s begin You may have seen terms like ‘finished in Oloroso Sherry Casks’ or ‘finished in a single PX Sherry Cask’ or ‘finished in Mezcal
There are many things a distillery can do with their spirit when it has been distilled, selling to Independent Bottlers being just one. Let’s take a look at the options and why they happen.
let’s begin What a year it has been… As is traditional this time of year, I start thinking about the statistical side of things and
let’s begin So Christmas is over, New Year came and went (without us even making the fireworks) but the next celebration in The Dillon household
Two time winners in the most prestigious global whisky competition, Double Gold is awarded to whiskies described as being “amongst the finest products in the world”.
This is one of the most prestigious awards in world whisky, to be named the #1 Independent Bottler in the world was monumental for us and something we could never have dreamed of when we look at how awesome our peers are, we are humbled to have won this accolade.
Two times winners of the most prestigious global whisky competition, Double Gold is reserved for whiskies that are described as being “amongst the finest products in the world”.
To score 98/100 points at the IWSC and be awarded an additional Gold Outstanding medal is an affirmation that we are producing whiskies that rank amongst the big players.
We were honoured to be recognised by the London Spirits Competition with TWO Gold Medals for our first ever American whiskey and our Girvan single grain, a truly great result for great whiskies.
We specialise in finding incredible-tasting casks of unique and interesting whiskies from ancient, yet often lesser-known distilleries… we then mature them, or finish them, or from time to time blend them to produce awesome whisky that you’ll love as much as we do.
It all starts with the cask- and we take very great care selecting only those with unique promise from distilleries with singular character, distilleries we know well. We then nurture each cask into maturity, bottle it and make these special and limited editions available to whisky lovers around the world.
It all starts with the cask- and we take very great care selecting only those with unique promise from distilleries with singular character, distilleries we know well. We then nurture each cask into maturity, bottle it and make these special and limited editions available to whisky lovers around the world.
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