In the first of a series of guest columns,we ask Chivas Brothers’ Douglas Cruickshank about everyday life at the distillery. Last year Douglas celebrated 40 years in theScotch industry by being appointed operations director for Chivas Brothers responsible for all Scottish operations from distillation through to bottling for the world’s no.2 Scotch whisky company. He lives opposite Glenallachie Distillery,near Aberlour in Speyside.
The Scotch industry is doing well at the moment. For the second year running we are set to chalk up an all time high in terms of bottles shipped from Scotland. That’s a good thing. We are opening distilleries not closing them, launching new products and recruiting new people.
In fact I am currently...
From the still
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