North British
Historic Edinburgh grain distillery
8O8 Profile
Blended Grain Scotch Whisky
Named after the Roland TR-808 Drum Machine – one of the first affordable and widely available drum machines launched in the early 1980s – 8O8 blended grain is aimed at an entirely non-traditional market sector: the young, club and cocktail set. Designed as a mixer whisky, 8O8 is championed by bartenders such as Ryan Chetiyawardana and NicG.
Although a blend of different grain whiskies, 8O8 is produced at North British distillery under direction from Whyte & Mackay rare whisky director, Jonathan Driver.
Bottled at 40% abv, 8O8 is chill-filtered ‘for purity’, delivering a light, sweet and smooth flavour with vanilla tones to the fore.
8O8 History
8O8 was the result of a collaborative initiative by renowned DJ and music producer TommyD and business partner Paul Pullinger to create an international whisky brand aimed squarely at the club, music and mixology scene.
Taking its name from the Roland TR-808 Drum Machine, the brand soft-launched in late 2015 before being rolled out in early 2016 in the UK as the house-pour whisky at clubs such as Fabric, Ministry of Sound and The Warehouse Project.
The company’s aim is to ‘revolutionise the whisky industry and encourage a whole new generation of whisky drinkers to engage with the category’.
Owner
Current owner
- The 8O8 Drinks Company Ltd 2015 - present
See also
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Distillery & brand
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Blender
J Duncan Thomson & Company
J. Duncan Thomson & Co Ltd. was a blending company based in Dunbartonshire.
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Brand
Auchnagie
This blended malt is designed to mimic the character of Perthshire’s lost Auchnagie distillery.