The 9th Generation of a 300-Year Whisky Family

The 9th Generation of a 300-Year Whisky Family

Finn Thomson is the ninth generation of a Perthshire whisky family whose roots run from illicit stills on the banks of the Tay to the Golden Beneagles blend that poured through Gleneagles in the 1920s. The casks Finn bottles today were laid down by his grandfather Michael in the 1980s and 90s — one of Scotland's largest private family cask collections, kept back when the rest was sold. Now they're being released, one cask at a time, to a new generation of drinkers.

A Private Vault, Quietly Laid Down

THE ORIGIN

A Private Vault, Quietly Laid Down

In the 1980s, Michael Thomson — Finn's grandfather and the sixth generation to work in the trade — spent two decades quietly selecting and buying the young single malt and grain casks that had gone into the family's house blend.

Golden Beneagles When the blend brand was eventually sold, Michael kept the aging stock. For forty years those casks sat in warehouses across Scotland, maturing while the family waited for the right generation to bring them out. That generation is Finn. — Finn Thomson, Founder

What Defines Us

The Whisky, by the Numbers

300
Years in the Trade
Nine generations of Thomsons distilling, blending, trading, and selecting whisky since 1772.
1
Cask at a Time
Each release is a single cask from the family's private collection. When the bottles are gone, that cask is gone
1980s
Laid Down
Michael Thomson spent two decades buying the casks Finn bottles today. None of it is new stock.

Built Across Generations

Golden Beneagles
In 1922, Finn's great-great-grandfather Peter Thomson renamed his house blend Golden Beneagles, positioning it to pour at the new Gleneagles hotel when it opened in 1924. The blend flowed through the Riviera-in-the-Highlands era and became one of Scotland's best-known names. The family sold the brand in the 1980s — but kept the casks.
The Grandtully Still
The first Thomson to make whisky in broad daylight was Donald Thomson, who took over Grandtully Distillery in 1838. Reputedly the smallest distillery in Scotland, barely bigger than a smuggler's bothy. The stills have since fallen silent, but the family's cask work never did.