Technology to connect products and consumers
20th March, 2026
20th March, 2026
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23rd April, 2026
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.
26th March, 2026
Here's what to expect. Last year, we delivered a webinar to ACSA members on digital transformation in distilling. The response to that was overwhelming and this year we’ve been invited to attend their annual conference in person and host a session on how digital tools are supporting efficiency, transparency and growth in craft spirits. Find us at booth 804 from April 17–18.
18th March, 2026
The death of barcodes. QR codes have been in the media recently as major global retailers including Tesco in the UK have said they’re actively replacing barcodes with QR codes on their products in stores. It follows GS1, the global standards body behind every barcode, pushing for all retailers to adopt a new QR-based system by 2027 to meet the demands of modern retail operations today. In the US, the FDA is mandating traceability and under FSMA 204, companies must track products and provide full records within 24 hours by 2028. Walmart is already pushing suppliers on this and QR codes are emerging as a practical answer linking physical products to digital records. This is a good reminder that the barcodes some distilleries and warehouses are still using in cask management today were never actually designed for the complexity and value of what they’re tracking. They’re a legacy technology. In cask management, QR codes have been used for a number of years with our distillery and inventory management platform , but for many, barcodes, and all their limitations, remain.