How bad was the flood?
It could have been worse, another six inches and the distillery buildings would have been affected. The river rose and carried a huge tree down it, demolishing the banks and damaging the bridges; and the car park was washed away. Thanks to some very good contractors we were only fully closed for three days. LFW: Who designs your packaging? It s all in house: me, Brian, Annette, Lorraine. I was always attracted by bright colours and always thought the industry avoided them all dull greys, drab and dreary. I like bright yellows and blues, why shouldn t we use them? Packaging is very important as many of our bottles are used as gifts or may be a very desirable bottling like our Kinclaith and then it is expected to be in a fancy pack that s a difficult line, some want simple, others extravagant. Now I have a source of tin tubes that is almost as cheap as cardboard so why not enhance the pack as best we can? Some Signatory fans tell me they have a garage full of tins and ask what can we do
