Andrew Currie

Not the first Scot to do great things in Canada – think MacKenzie, Fraser, Bell, etc - but he will be the first to start a traditional farm-based distillery here, legally anyway. In the space of a few years, Currie has gone from being a journalist with a small obsession with Scotch Whisky to the driving force behind two start-up distilleries (Isle of Arran and Lakeland Distillers in the English Lake District).

Together with his father, who was Managing Director of then Seagram-owned Chivas Regal, Andrew has learned what it takes to start a distillery from scratch.

Fresh from these ‘overnight’ successes, Currie has taken on the daunting task of producing a single malt whisky in Canada that might one day take its place with the great Scotches of the world.

Use the links below the photo at left to learn about proprietors Jay Oddleifson and Patrick Evans.

Photo: Andrew (centre) meeting with H.M. Queen Elizabeth II at the Grand Opening of the Isle of Arran Distillery at Lochranza.