List of products by brand alistair walker whisky

The Alistair Walker Whisky Company, based in Falkirk, Central Scotland, was established in 2018. With almost 20 years of experience in the Scotch whisky industry, I decided to forge my own path as an independent bottler.

Independent bottlers, also known as merchant bottlers, have been around for a long time. We source whiskies from different distilleries throughout Scotland (and beyond), and when they are ready, we bottle these casks in their most natural form – un-chill filtered and with natural color.

As we are not affiliated with any specific distillery, we are free to source casks from various distilleries, offering a diverse portfolio of whisky bottlings that cover a wide range of flavors, aromas, and styles.

The whiskies are bottled under the brand name 'Infrequent Flyers'. This name refers to the nature of many of the casks we bottle – often whiskies from lesser-known distilleries that are of excellent quality but have never been widely available. As such, many of our bottlings are of whiskies that you rarely see – hence the name 'Infrequent Flyers'.

ABOUT ALISTAIR WALKER

My career in the whisky industry began in January 1997 at Burn Stewart Distillers, where I worked in sales and marketing for over six years. At that time, Burn Stewart was the custodian of two single malt distilleries – Deanston and Tobermory.

In October 2004, I joined The BenRiach Distillery Company and stayed with them for over twelve years until the company was eventually sold. This was a new start-up business set up in 2004 following the acquisition of the BenRiach Distillery from Pernod Ricard by three entrepreneurs. In addition to BenRiach, I had the good fortune to work with the GlenDronach and Glenglassaugh Distilleries, acquired respectively in 2008 and 2013.

At the beginning of 2018, I found myself on hiatus, contemplating my future. Keen to be my own boss and remain in the whisky sector, I decided to venture into the world of independent bottling. Transitioning from a distillery to an independent bottler is very much a case of ‘gamekeeper turned poacher’. Fortunately, independent bottling is a vibrant category at present; increasingly, we see whisky enthusiasts seeking out single cask bottlings and unique whisky releases, often from lesser-known distilleries.