Articles in 'Whisky and the environment'

Waste not, want not

Gavin D. Smith takes a look at the by-products of whisky-making, and where they end up

As whisky consumers, we give a great deal of thought to what goes into our drink, but very little thought to what does not. Yet were it not for effective management of the by-products of distilling, the Scotch whisky industry as we know it today could not survive. Distillers tend to wear their envi...

By Gavin D. Smith from Issue 29 published on 24/3/2003