About Signatory
What Does It Mean to be an Independedent Bottler?

The other 70 to 80 distilleries produce single malt Scotch whisky not for consumers, but for the companies marketing “blended scotch whisky,” such as Dewars, J & B, Cutty Shark, etc. Blended Scotch whisky is produced using a blend of 20 to 40 different types of single malts and inexpensive grain whisky. Each blender has his own formula. Thus Dewars tastes different than J & B, and so on. Demand for these particular blends requires that the distilleries deliver consistent blends year after year. The need for consistency drove the blenders to guarantee their supply of malts by acquiring the individual distilleries.

In some instances there are surplus casks from both independent and blender distilleries. Signatory, as an independent bottler, is able to source a few casks of these malts, bottle them under the Signatory Label, and then offer these single malts that are otherwise found only in blends, to consumers.

We select the best of the surplus parcels, allowing us to source exceptional whiskys that demonstrate the unique character of each distillery.

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