As far as partnerships go, this one’s big. Physical meets digital in our new partnership with 

We’re bringing together the whisky industry’s leading precision cask filing system and our 

inventory and distillery management platform

 in a move sure to shape the future of distillery operations. And we’re excited where this will go.

One system to manage cask filling through to compliance now finally speaking the same language.

One digital record from filling to compliance

Usually when a cask is filled, the details get typed up on a system later. Sometimes days later. Are they correct? Hopefully close enough you’d hope. But when the goal is to streamline whisky production and gain new efficiencies that save crucial time and cost, it’s these little moments that make all the difference. Inputting data further down the line creates bottlenecks, and crucially data inaccuracies.

We’re integrating Cockayne’s trusted filling systems with the 

, so that key production data including volume, ABV and other key production metrics are captured at source and added to a cask’s digital record in real-time. This digital record is what we call a 

 and it stays with a cask for its entire lifetime, capturing all cask data from provenance, ownership and location in the warehouse.

No more duplication. No more deciphering handwriting. No more “was that 198.7 or 193.7?”

Just verified, real-time data flowing from the point of fill into your live inventory and distillery management system for all to see. Whenever they want.

Stuart Maxwell, COO at Proof 8, hits the nail on the head when he says, “This partnership improves traceability across the whole supply chain. Our two systems provide one connected workflow—linking the physical and digital—to form a single, tamper-proof source of truth.

This is nothing short of a new operational framework for distilleries built for the future.”

Fill data is a key part of compliance reporting. Fragmented records mean more time reconciling, more errors and more stress when HMRC or Irish Customs complete compliance checks.

This integration ensures your compliance records for every cask are accurate from the start, from day one at the time of filling. By inputting data from filling onto the Proof 8 system directly, distillers and producers now have absolute clarity, traceability and confidence in their cask data. Plus easy access, whether it’s an on-the-ground operator needing to check data or a finance director needing to run compliance reports.

The benefit isn’t just better compliance, it’s smoother operations all round.

As Murray Blyth, Client Relationship Director at DPS Group, explains, “This is a frictionless route into digital transformation. By aligning our precision fill systems with Proof 8, we’re helping distilleries eliminate duplication and reduce human error. Fill data becomes immediately available in Proof 8, right where and when it’s needed.”

Better data at filling opens up better insights at disgorging. Combine the two, and you get real-world visibility of losses. It becomes possible to track the Angel Share with less guesswork and more confidence.

The whisky industry is under growing pressure to prove traceability. Our Digital Deeds meet this head on (and 

DISCUS agrees naming them a finalist in their highly prestigious Innovation Showcase

Whether it’s HMRC, cask owners or brokers, the things that matter most today are accuracy, transparency and integrity. The whole industry is singing from the same hymn sheet here.

This partnership supports what the industry needs and we’re really excited to get things underway. It means better business outcomes for all our customers, with better tools that work together to support distilleries in how they operate today.

"This partnership improves traceability across the whole supply chain. Our two systems provide one connected workflow—linking the physical and digital—to form a single, tamper-proof source of truth.

This is nothing short of a new operational framework for distilleries built for the future. "

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