John C McDougall

This how to Relax !! Standing beside great whisky in great barrells in the Bunker of Moon Harbour, Bordeuax. Oh! and thinking about the dram to follow soon .

There is nothing quite like the daily knife edge balance upon which the whole of humanity exists. This is most aptly demonstrated when people who you have known and in some cases have known of, pass away. Sadly in my world, two such happenings have taken place within the past few weeks. Namely the death…

I have been involved with The Company Radiant Distillers since 2012. I met with Vicky & Roshan Chand in Edinburgh that year and what they informed about the future plans for their newly built state of the art Distillery and bottling facilities situated at Khatkhati, near the town of Dimapur NE Assam just on the…

NOW Known AS High Coast The following is what I wrote 10 Years ago in December 2010 From John McDougall:I arrived back in Scotland last Tuesday 07 Dec., following my nearly three weeks in Sweden mostly taken up with my involvement in the Box Whisky distillery, and it’s start up. After several false starts and…

I am very excited to learn of the launch of The Moon Harbour Own distillations of Dock 1 and Dock 2 Whiskies this week. ! These two whiskies are of course distilled in the “One & Only” Moon Harbour Destillerie, Bordeaux, France. Dock 1 is a Single Malt, and Dock 2 is a “First”. It…

I have been out and about recently. We are in tier 2 so it is not too bad being able to wander a little bit. Obviously, there is shopping to do, so when my wife is doing that, I roam around looking at other things in the store. Naturally I gravitate to the drinks section,…

The world wide whisk(e)y business is Beating with a strong heart. All one has to do is look and observe with either admiration, or trepidation as to what the end of the current cycle will bring with it. Will it bring success ? even overnight success ( I am still waiting for that to happen…

I have followed with great interest the continued ongoing distilleries developments taking place across the globe. All of these developments are of course to be welcomed, but there should also be a note of caution here. Very often things can be “over egged” in our desire to cash in so to speak. I make reference…

How time flies ! It seems no time at all since I began sending news letters to Germany. I was going through some old stuff earlier today, and I stumbled across the 1st of such communications produced 19 years ago! Yes, that’s correct, 19 years ago. Gosh it seems just like yesterday but it demonstrates precisely…