Driven by a passion to create something original and truly authentic, Balcones Distilling marries centuries of distilling tradition with the bold flavors of Texas.

Balcones is synonymous with quality and innovation in the whisky industry, known for emphasizing high quality ingredients and drawing influences from all over Texas. To date, the distillery has earned over 375 national and international tasting awards and accolades for their whiskies and spirits.

Balcones distills all of their beloved spirits inside the historic Texas Fireproof Storage Company building in downtown Waco, Texas. At its heart are four of the tallest copper pot stills built by Forsyths, considered some of the best artisans in Scotland. You can now visit and tour the facility, with tastings and events held regularly, and see why Balcones is always Distilled to Appreciate. Visit www.balconesdistilling.com for more information.

By the Atlantic Ocean, on the southwestern tip of Ireland, this is the home of Clonakilty Distillery. The Scully family have farmed this coastal land for 9 successive generations.

Their mission is to create a whiskey utilising the best resources that nature has to offer, prime land, pristine water and salt sea air. The perfect ingredients for a maritime distillery. 

The state-of-the-art distillery, which opened in 2019, is located at The Waterfront in the heart of Clonakilty town. It is here that Clonakilty distils the World’s best new make Single Pot Still, an accolade proudly received at last year’s World whiskey awards.

Their Atlantic Ocean warehouse, perched 200ft above the ocean on the family farm, is ideal for maturing and finishing the finest of whiskeys.  This is where the magic really happens, blending, ageing, bottling and hand-labelling. With a passion for innovation Clonakilty Distillery strive to use only the best cask finishes for their whiskey and they’re current range includes NEOC, Port, Bordeaux and Cognac casks.

A unique Tennessee Straight Small Batch Whiskey made from locally-farmed corn, sour mash fermentation and the lightly rectified copper double distillation. Filtered using the famous Lincoln County Maple Charcoal slow filtration process, before maturity in new American oak barrels with a light Char No.3.

Each small batch bottling comes from just 20 carefully selected barrels, followed by the Daddy Rack Master Blend using an original recipe, no colouring caramel or anything else is ever added. Before resting and bottling, each batch of Daddy Rack goes through a second light Maple Charcoal filtration resulting in one of the smoothest and soothing Tennessee Straight Whiskeys available.

KURAYOSHI DISTILLERY, which produces the Matsui whisky range, is located in the town of the same name in Tottori prefecture, has been producing Japanese spirits since 1910. Sake, shochu and brandy enabled this micro-distillery to develop unique expertise combining tradition with innovation.

The distillery’s proximity to Mount Daisen means that it can draw on fresh water from this mountain’s generous snowfall. Whiskies from the Kurayoshi distillery have consistently impressed the judging panels of various international competitions and won numerous awards, those based on exacting blind tastings.

MATSUI WHISKIES are made by Matsui Shuzo at the Kurayoshi distillery. The distillery is in Tottori prefecture in the southern part of Honshu island, known for its sand dunes. The distillery’s geographic location means that it can take advantage of pure ground water from Mount Daisen. To complement the ‘The Kurayoshi Pure Malt’ and ‘The Tottori Blended’ ranges, the distillery has just launched another range of three products: ‘The Kurayoshi Single Malt’, paying tribute to Japanese culture and its ‘Ukiyo-e’ artform. Each label in the range has been carefully thought out. Katsushika Hokusai, with his ‘Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji’ print series, was selected to demonstrate the power of ‘The Matsui - The Peated’ Single Malt via his famous print ‘The Great Wave off Kanagawa’. His view of ‘Umezawa in Sagami Province’ was chosen to represent the freshness of ‘The Matsui - Mizunara cask’ Single Malt. Finally, the artist Kikukawa Eizan and one of his many portraits of women walking through a sakura meadow was selected to highlight the delicate ‘The Matsui - Sakura cask’ Single Malt.

An honest blended malt whisky made well. Suitable for both cocktails and sipping. A gently sherried blend of single malt whiskies from Highland and Speyside. No grain whisky. No caramel. No chill filtering.

The earliest distilleries in Brooklyn date back to the 1700’s. During Prohibition there were over 50,000 illicit stills in New York City. Since Prohibition however, the ethereal perfumes of distillation have been largely absent…until now.

Nearing it’s 10th year, the New York Distilling Company builds on this dream by establishing one of the United States’ premiere craft distilleries.

SPEY is the name given to the primary range of single malts produced at The Speyside Distillery, near the village of Kingussie (they also produce the “Beinn Dubh” single malt range).  The distillery is the most southerly in the Speyside region, & is the closest in the region to the source of The River Spey.

Production commenced in 1990, having taken the founder, George Christie, over 20 years to construct.  The distillery has been under its current ownership since 2012, with John Harvey McDonough as CEO.  John had established his business in his adopted homeland of Taiwan, before returning to Scotland in 2012, and is the 11th generation of the Harvey distilling family.

With an annual production capacity of 600,000 litres, the distillery is small in comparison to many of its neighbours, and concentrates on single malt production.  The SPEY range has developed over the years to include a variety of NAS and age statement releases, along with limited edition cask strength bottlings. 

Several of SPEY releases have received awards in recent years, including a “Scotch Whisky Master”  from Spirits Business Magazine & a Grand Gold  medal from Concours Mondial de Bruxelles. At the annual World Whisky Awards, SPEY are three-time category winners and received their highest accolade to date this year, with a recent release being declared the “World’s Best Single Cask Single Malt”.  

Glasgow 1770 Single Malt Scotch Whisky is Glasgow Distillery’s signature single malt and demonstrates our commitment to authenticity and quality, realising our mission as contemporary urban distillers. Honouring the heritage of single malt distilling in Glasgow by using the date 1770, paying homage to the original foundation of Glasgow Distillery, before it’s closure in the 20th Century.

Proudly handcrafted in custom made copper pot stills, combining the finest barley and the exceptionally pure water of Loch Katrine, matured in the hand selected casks, always non-chill filtered and only ever natural in colour. The Glasgow 1770 Signature Range includes: The Original, Peated and Triple Distilled; three single malts that have proudly established themselves as Glasgow’s Single Malt.

Malt Riot is Glasgow Distillery’s blended malt whisky, telling the tale of the people of Glasgow who came together for what they believed in. Inspired by the malt riots that took place in Glasgow beginning in 1725; where the Government attempt to impose a tax on Scotland’s Malted Barley. The Scots, foreseeing an increase in the cost of whisky, beer and other daily essentials rise up in opposition.

In Glasgow, malt stores are barricaded, and the devilish excise men are chased from the city.  The home of the local member of parliament, a former tax collector, is destroyed. In a bizarre twist, the MP is compensated for the damage but uses the money to purchase the Island of Islay and part of Jura. He encourages local farmers to seed surplus barley and thus ignites the legal production of Single Malt Scotch whisky on the Islands across the nation.

For nearly two decades, we have brought something new, different, and relevant to whiskey, and we are proud to serve as a leading voice for American Single Malt.

Westward began in 2004 –when Founder & Master Distiller Christian Krogstad –a former brewer and winemaker –had a vision: to make a distinctive American Single Malt inspired by the American Northwest and the culture, climate, and abundant natural resources that have earned the region such reverence and renown.

 At the time, there were only three dozen craft distilleries in the U.S. Today, helmed by Christian and Thomas Mooney, who joined the team as Founder & CEO in 2011 to pursue a lifelong dream of becoming a whiskey entrepreneur, Westward is a proud leader among more than 2,200 producers. 

We are a whiskey of the elements, born from the unique culture, climate, and abundant resources of the American Northwest. Westward is matured to perfection in Oregon, where our hot, dry summers and cool, wet winters are the ideal environment to raise a world-class whiskey.

Our Process

At Westward, there are no shortcuts, and therein lies the beauty. We pursue perfection by creating flavor in every step of our long, slow process.

Brewing.

We begin by brewing an artisanal American Ale from scratch, using locally malted barley, ale yeast, and slow, low-temperature fermentation.

Distillation.

We distill twice in custom low-reflux pot stills that we designed to create a robust spirit and transform our fresh, flavourful Ale into whiskey.

Maturation.

We mature to perfection in new, lightly charred American Oak barrels selected to accentuate the bold characteristics of our whiskey.

Mingling.

We mingle our barrels in small batches to achieve Westward’s signature flavour profile – balanced and bold.