The Whisky Loch: A Lesson in Cycles

You know the saying history doesn’t repeat itself but it rhymes? Recent talk of maturing stockpiles amid slowing demand has prompted comparisons with the infamous “Whisky Loch” of the 1980s… a time when Scottish warehouses were quite literally awash with spirit that nobody seemed to need or know what to do with.

In another thoughtful piece for our blog, Iain Russell revisits that turbulent period: how overconfidence in booming markets led to surplus, closures, corporate upheaval and some surprisingly cheap mature whisky. He asks what lessons can be learned from the familiar pattern we’re seeing today.

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