Library

IBD Membership Required

Yeast development - From domestication to engineering and back again

By: Ian Hornsey

01/08/2018

An ideal starting point for this article appeared in the abstract of John Hammond’s classic 1995 paper in the journal Yeast: “Academic studies and traditional breeding of yeasts depend upon their sporulation lifestyle. The strains used have been specially selected to sporulate readily and to mate producing new yeast types. Unfortunately brewing yeast strains do not behave in this way.”

IBD Membership Required

Teeling the story - John Teeling and the Great Northern Distillery

By: Gerry McGovern

01/08/2018

It was my pleasure on a bright morning earlier this year to visit the new Great Northern Distillery in Dundalk Co. Louth and meet its chairman and driving force, Mr John Teeling. The story of recent Irish whiskey manufacturing is also the story of this 72-year-old entrepreneur – who established the Cooley Distillery in the late 80s.

IBD Membership Required

The Macallan Part 2: Foundations for the future

By: Billy Mitchell

01/08/2018

I visited the Macallan distillery in 2017 and the subsequent article was published in the June 2018 edition of the Brewer and Distiller International. This focused on the production facilities at that time – although I did make reference to the fact that a completely new distillery had been designed and was in the build and commissioning phase. My second visit revealed an astonishing achievement in business vision and innovation – from the ground up...

IBD Membership Required

Freeing the spirit - Reviving absinthe at Pocketful of Stones

By: Steve Curtis

01/08/2018

The craft spirits trend shows no signs of slowing down, with demand and product choice increasing at a rapid rate. Cornish distiller, Pocketful of Stones sees no boundaries to what they can achieve, placing integrity and respect for local ingredients and their environment in all it does.