Ask a distiller where a whisky's flavour comes from and plenty of them will point at the wood. Many will say 70% of the total flavour comes from the wood, I think that can only be rough estimate at best. Some distillery character stands out more than others, and I'm not sure I understand trying to say a percentage of all the flavour present comes from a particular thing, especially when flavour is subjective. The totality of what I taste is undoubtedly different from the tota

Duh! Hot take I know. :). Of course distillers should sell their whisky. But perhaps the real question is should distilleries care who they sell their whisky to? Is there a fundamental difference between selling whisky to consumers, other distilleries, non-distiller producers and independent bottlers? I say no! Read on as we walk through the differences and recognize my own obvious biases on the topic, though I'll try to set those aside and point out where I think a distiller