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28th May, 2026
Distillery Management Software: The Grain-to-Glass Buyer's Guide for Modern Distillers
. At most distilleries, if you were to ask how they track a single cask, the honest answer would still be either three or four spreadsheets, an inherited system and usually a paper delivery order. This works up until a point. Usually when a regauge was never typed up, an ownership certificate was duplicated and now exists in two places, or a compliance check turns into a week of reconciliation. Distillery management software exists to close that gap. To give one single, all-encompassing view of operations and help you retain control. This guide explains what distillery management software is, why generic inventory tools struggle with spirits, what to look for, and how to choose between spreadsheets, a patchwork of standalone tools, and a single integrated platform.
13th May, 2026
From paper delivery orders to Digital Deeds: what WDSC 2026 confirmed about cask ownership
A paper delivery order can be replicated a thousand times. A Digital Deed can not. When a cask filled in 2005 has, in many cases, changed hands more often than the people now holding it can prove, there’s a tension. That tension, between an industry built on paper and an industry now operating at the scale of one million privately owned casks in Scotland alone, was the conversation at Worldwide Distilled Spirits Conference 2026 last week. The 2026 theme, Excellence in Science and Innovation: Delivering Tomorrow's Spirits , pulled distillers, scientists, warehousekeepers and regulators into the Edinburgh ICC for four days of talks on the operational reality we’re facing today. We were there as exhibitors, sponsors, and invited to speak on stage on our topic, “From Paper to Blockchain: Rethinking Cask Ownership in the Spirits Industry”
23rd April, 2026
New generation Scottish distillery tackles cask fraud with Digital Deeds
A conversation with Jackton Distillery. The young Scottish distillery behind Raer Whisky, scaling craft with digital traceability. In South Lanarkshire, just outside Glasgow, one young Scottish distillery is part of a new generation turning to technology to meet the challenges of cask fraud in whisky today. Jackton Distillery, home to the award-winning Raer Scotch Whisky, is a family-owned, independently-run distillery that’s been in production since 2020. It is building towards a genuine farm-to-glass model, growing its own barley, running 164-hour fermentations and earning awards for its RAER Whisky range as a result.
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