The Angel’s Share
An international editorial publication

Spirit & Cask

A fine spirits journal
A cooper at work raising an oak cask in a cooperage.

MAKERS

Coopers, stillmen, jimadors, the new distillery architects. Craft journalism as the spine.

Coopers at work on casks at the Speyside Cooperage.
The nine-storey Port of Leith distillery tower over the harbor.
Makers

The New Distillery Architects

A vertical distillery in a working harbor, a repurposed smokehouse on Loch Lomond, a longhouse in Inverclyde: Scotland's newest distilleries are being designed like statements.

23 September 2026 · 4 min read
A cooper rolling a cask under a water spray inside the Tevasa cooperage in Jerez, Spain.
Makers

The Cooper's Century

Edrington now owns half a Spanish forestry group. Scotch whisky's great sherry-cask hunt has turned the industry's biggest player into a timber company.

21 September 2026 · 3 min read