🏭 Whiskey Business

May 14, 2025

Scotch Whisky Cask Ownership Guide for Buyers & Owners

Are You the Legal Owner of Your Whisky Cask? In Scotland, buying a whisky cask isn’t as simple as signing a contract...

May 13, 2025

End of an Era: The Speyside Distillery Closes, Becoming a ‘Lost’ Ghost Distillery

The Speyside Distillery (Kingussie) has officially fallen silent as of May 1, 2025, transforming into one of Scotland’s newly “lost” distilleries. For...

May 8, 2025

President Trump’s Major Trade Tease: Implications for Scotch Whisky

President Donald Trump’s early-May announcement of a “major” trade deal – widely expected to be with the United Kingdom – could be...

April 14, 2025

Part IV: The Whiskey Makers – Blending an Identity Without a Distillery

In this fourth installment, we shift focus to the “whiskey makers” – brands that bottle whiskey without distilling it themselves. These non-distilling producers...

April 11, 2025

Part III - American Distillers - Boom or Whiskey Bust?

From a humble count in 2000 to over 3,000 by 2023, the American whiskey industry has exploded with new distilleries and brands,...

April 7, 2025

Part II: Cask Brokers - Liquid Gold or Fool’s Gold?

Dive below the surface into the world of whisky cask investments with a critical eye in "Liquid Gold or Fool’s Gold? Whisk(e)y...

February 25, 2025

Part I - Whisky Cask Investing - Hype vs. History: Debunking the ‘Guaranteed Returns

Whisky cask investment often captivates newcomers with promises of high returns and romantic visions of aging barrels in atmospheric rickhouses. Yet history...

Explainer blog detailing why The Whiskey Lab uses 'whiskey' with an 'e' to reflect its American roots and Scotch whisky offerings.

November 8, 2024

So, about that "e" in whiskey....

Discover why The Whiskey Lab, an American-owned company, embraces the 'e' in "Whiskey" despite specializing in Scotch whisky. This blog post delves...