Independent Scotch - The History of Independent Bottlers with author David Stirk - Book 21-1

Описание: This is David Stirk's third book. He's the author of The Malt Whisky Guide and the Distilleries of Cambeltown. He is a mainstay name in relation to independent bottlers. Having worked for William Morrison's Cadenhead and later became an independent bottler himself, opening/creating: Creative Whisky Co Ltd.

Read the book and come on with us this Saturday morning 11 AM MST / (6 PM GMT - for our friends in the England) to do a deep dive into this informative tome.

0:00 Introduction
1:00 David's other books and bio
3:00 People writing in
3:52 Informative and funny
6:00 Is David just lucky in his jobs
10:10 Controvertial - You'll never be an expert
14:50 Impossible to be an expert in these fields
19:20 Whisky Epiphany - Taste and touring
23:50 WWI and WWII passion
31:20 Looking for books
33:50 Taking the coach from Glasgow to Campbeltown
36:40 Other whisky lochs
46:50 So long and thank you for all the fish - Options
50:30 The role of indy bottlers may be to introduce the world to new distilleries
51:35 Brokers vs agents and their roles
56:00 Retailer roles in promoting indy bottlers
1:01:00 Indi bottlers price point history
1:03:00 Welcome Graham Usher
1:05:15 Myths about indy bottlers
1:10:00 How David and Graham met
1:14:00 The Ushers = blenders
1:16:00 Conflict between distillers and indy bottlers
1:23:00 Influence of indy bottlers on today's market
1:28:00 New distillers take the cache away from indy bottlers
1:31:00 What whisky geeks want from retailers these days
1:33:30 How indy bottlers distinguish themselves now
1:37:40 Indy bottlers are the gateway bottlers to today's whisky geek
1:42:00 Emergence of the whisky geek
1:45:00 September 2004 = important date to David
1:52:00 Brand ambassadors
1:54:00 David's indy past and future
1:59:00 Big whisky names and personalities - we miss them
2:03:00 Missing the interactions of the good ol' days
2:06:00 Maltstock festival
2:07:00 Single Cask Nation with Graham - Lagavuling story
2:09:00 Last words
2:11:00 Conclusion

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