Seit 12 Jahren ist Graham Coull der Distillery Manager von Glen Moray. Und in diesem Jahr wurde die Speyside-Destillerie 120 Jahre alt. Grund genug für Master of Malt, ein Interview mit Graham zu führen und ihn zu seiner Aufgabe und der Destillerie zu befragen. Aber natürlich geht es auch um die Zukunft, wie dieser kleine Ausschnitt zeigt:
In terms of 2018 and looking forward, what things are you keeping an eye on? What things are on your radar?
I think now that we’ve reached the point where we have the capacity to produce as much as we need, planning spirits volumes for the next few years is one of my key things to nail down, because that determines how the distillery operates, how many weeks per year you’re going to run, when you schedule in all your maintenance and everything else. It’s quite boring-sounding but it’s important. It’s about being as efficient as you can. And then obviously tying in the purchase of casks to match that. You don’t want to have surpluses of casks because if they’re sitting around they dry out and you’ve wasted your money! So it’s truly about getting the basics rights just now and planning, because with the bigger production and bigger volume you fill warehouses a lot quicker than you do before. It just needs a little bit more attention.
Schöne Einsichten in die Destillerie und das Geschäft mit Whisky, und eine interessante Kurzlektüre. Das gesamte Interview finden Sie hier.
