Whisky making

Wild yeast being pitched into a fermenter.

Wild Yeast Fermentation at Manx Whisky Company

Wild yeast fermentation in whisky is the use of naturally occurring yeast strains from the environment, rather than commercial yeast, to ferment the mash. This produces more complex, often fruity...

Wild Yeast Fermentation at Manx Whisky Company

Wild yeast fermentation in whisky is the use of naturally occurring yeast strains from the environment, rather than commercial yeast, to ferment the mash. This produces more complex, often fruity...

Peat and whisky on the Isle of Man

Peat and whisky on the Isle of Man

Peat and whisky has a long and intertwined history. But what is peat, why do we focus on restoring peatlands and why do we not use it at Manx Whisky...

Peat and whisky on the Isle of Man

Peat and whisky has a long and intertwined history. But what is peat, why do we focus on restoring peatlands and why do we not use it at Manx Whisky...

How do we use AI in our distillery?

How does AI fit in with traditional whisky making?

Our whisky-making is very traditional. We collect barley from Ballavell Farm, and much of what follows would have been familiar to a distiller 250 years ago (you can read more...

How does AI fit in with traditional whisky making?

Our whisky-making is very traditional. We collect barley from Ballavell Farm, and much of what follows would have been familiar to a distiller 250 years ago (you can read more...

Stills and kilns - our equipment

Stills and kilns - our equipment

Distilling single malt whisky is quite equipment intensive and the choice will have a real impact on the spirit produced. Here you can see what we use in the different...

Stills and kilns - our equipment

Distilling single malt whisky is quite equipment intensive and the choice will have a real impact on the spirit produced. Here you can see what we use in the different...

Heritage barley growing on the Isle of Man

Why we use local barley and malt it ourselves

At Manx Whisky Company, we want our single malt whisky to taste like the Isle of Man itself. That’s why we chose the harder path: using locally grown barley and...

Why we use local barley and malt it ourselves

At Manx Whisky Company, we want our single malt whisky to taste like the Isle of Man itself. That’s why we chose the harder path: using locally grown barley and...