We have changed our labels...already!

29th April 2021 With the latest release I was delighted to make a small but significant change to our labels. They now rightly state that the whisky or rum was “Selected By Mark and Kate Watt” and not just [...] read more

New Releases! April 2021

7th April 2021 We are very excited that bottling of our new release is now completed and will start making its way to all our lovely customers next week. We don't have any product shots yet (bottles haven't [...] read more

Watt Whisky & Friends Virtual Festival

5th April 2021 We had hoped to see you all in Campbeltown this year for our first ever Watt Whisky & Friends Festival however, given the ongoing uncertainty with Covid, like many others we have decided to [...] read more

International Whisky Day - My Memories of Michael Jackson

27th March 2021 Today is International Whisky Day - a day set up in honour of the late great Michael Jackson, the original beer and whisky writer - so I thought it was a good time to share some of my memories [...] read more

What the new Japanese whisky labelling standards could mean for the wider industry

16th February 2021 We are huge fans of transparency and of Japan and Japanese whisky so were delighted to read the news this morning (on Whisky Fun, where else?) that the Japan Spirits & Liqueurs Makers [...] read more

Why We Never Bottle Watt Whisky at Cask Strength

12th February 2021 Yes, you read that right. We don’t bottle at cask strength. Looking at the strengths we bottled our first two releases at you’d be forgiven for thinking we did, but we don’t. Allow me to [...] read more

Plenty Room for More Distilleries on Islay (Okay, we really mean in Campbeltown!)

10th February 2021 We were delighted to hear that our good friends at Elixir Distillers recently had their planning application for a distillery on Islay approved. We are delighted for several reasons; 1) More [...] read more

Virtual Campbeltown Malts Festival Plans

2nd February 2021 We had hoped to be welcoming you all to our new Campbeltown premises in May for our first ever Watt Whisky & Friends Open Day, however sadly Covid has other ideas, so this is just a wee [...] read more

I like big beers, and I cannot lie. Spey Valley Brewery Cask Aged Beers

31st January 2021 As many of you will know, as well as whisky I am also a huge fan of beers, in particular Belgian beers, with a soft spot for Geuze Boon. I do also have a fondness for a good stout so when I saw [...] read more

I Was in a Bar.... Balblair Elements V Mount Gay XO

22nd December 2020 The other night I was reading the Malt review of Mount Gay and it rekindled a couple of memories in me as to why I have always had a bit of a soft spot for Mount Gay. One memory of Mount Gay [...] read more