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Port of Leith
distillery announce the launch of a
'Quality Control Division', which
recruits whisky fans to become part of
the whisky making process.
The team behind the £12m Port of
Leith vertical Distillery have announced
the launch of a 'Quality Control
Division', which recruits whisky fans to
become part of the whisky making
process.
As part of a unique opportunity, Port of
Leith is inviting Quality Control
Division members to follow the journey
from new make spirit to single malt
Scotch whisky with an annual sample
pulled each year from the maturing
casks.
Following years of scientific research
in partnership with Heriot Watt
University’s International Centre for
Brewing & Distilling (ICDB), lifelong
friends and co-founders Ian Stirling and
Paddy Fletcher discovered that moving
beyond classic distillers yeast could
allow the new make to have distinctive,
intense and complex aromas and flavours.
I am very surprised that more whisky
distillers haven't done this and I for
one will be very interest in tasting the
result.
 Ian Stirling, Co-Founder of Port of
Leith Distillery, said:
"At Port of Leith Distillery, we are
pioneering a new wave of whisky making.
It’s important to us to take whisky fans
on this adventure with us, with our
Quality Control Division, and have some
fun along the way.
"Over the years, we’ve visited a lot of
distilleries and the place that always
captures our imagination is the samples
room; scores of small bottles containing
individual cask samples from the
warehouse, ready to be tasted and
analysed for quality. We always thought:
if we build our own distillery, we get
to play there. While we may not be able
to invite everyone to join us in our
samples room, we’ve found a way to bring
the samples room to the world.
"As a member of the Quality Control
Division, you will get to witness our
whisky’s birth, its childhood and its
adolescence. As well as annual samples,
QCD members will be invited to unique
and private tastings annually and we
hope lot’s of people from all over the
world get involved."
Membership to the Quality Control
Division lasts eight years with an
annual pack including two 20cl bottles
drawn from a single maturing cask. The
initial kit includes samples of Beta 1
and Beta 2, along with Port of Leith
branded apparel and stationery and a
discount card for 15% off Port of Leith
Export Co shop, the online store and the
future distillery bar. The final year
will see the release of the inaugural
vintage of the Port of Leith Single Malt
launched exclusively for Quality Control
Division members. Price for membership
starts at £550.
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