New Scotch Distilleries Opening This year

**cessna152towser** · 6th January 17, 03:25 PM

Interesting article on the plethora of new distilleries opening and old ones re-opening due to worldwide demand for Scots Whisky.
Including the Borders Distillery on Commercial Road, Hawick which will just be a ten minute walk from my house.
https://scotchwhisky.com/magazine/fe...-open-in-2017/

**tulloch** · 6th January 17, 04:18 PM

Nice, Alex. It will be nice to see how they do in the next years.

**lschwartz** · 6th January 17, 07:12 PM

Assuming that it is a nice aroma, I hope that your home is downwind from it.

**T90** · 6th January 17, 11:38 PM

Well this should be interesting. You know what they say about too much of a good thing.

**Blupiper** · 9th January 17, 12:29 PM

Cessna:

It's a ten-minute walk from your house. Depending on how well they produce, how long is the crawl?

JMB

PS--That's only the jealousy talking.

**Terry Searl** · 9th January 17, 01:24 PM

Finally the distillery at Shelter point just outside of Campbell River on Vancouver Island offered it's first single malt, It's barely 5 years old so still very young but a wonderful expression and will be incredible when it gets some age on it The public was all chanting that we wanted it sooner but the master distiller said No you only get one chance at offering your inaugral run and so it must be the very best you can make......he was so right

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**CDNSushi** · 9th January 17, 03:07 PM

Originally Posted by Terry Searl

Finally the distillery at Shelter point just outside of Campbell River on Vancouver Island offered it's first single malt, It's barely 5 years old so still very young but a wonderful expression and will be incredible when it gets some age on it The public was all chanting that we wanted it sooner but the master distiller said No you only get one chance at offering your inaugral run and so it must be the very best you can make......he was so right

That was going to be my contention.... That while it may be great that new distilleries are starting up, it may be a good 10-12 years minimum before we actually get to enjoy any of what they have to offer. ;-)

**Terry Searl** · 9th January 17, 04:56 PM

Originally Posted by CDNSushi

That was going to be my contention.... That while it may be great that new distilleries are starting up, it may be a good 10-12 years minimum before we actually get to enjoy any of what they have to offer. ;-)

New businesses really do need a cash flow when they start up....Shelter point was making flavoured Vodka's to get their cash flow......With China buying up all the stocks of aged single malts without regard to costs some of the older distilleries are coming up with fairly ingenius marketing methods to promote their 8 year old stock and selling them at prices we are more likely able to afford. Those 8 year olds likely would have been kept for another 2 or 4 years to give it the aging we have grown accustomed to........China's nouveau rich really are changing the way of things that we thought we controlled and would have forever...... profits are profits no matter who the buyers are......... just my opinion though...

**cessna152towser** · 10th January 17, 06:43 AM

Yes indeed, cash flow is needed. I understand that our new local distillery here in Hawick will be producing a gin to give them a short term income, as well as opening a visitor centre with guided tours.