In August 2024, Rebecca Kean joined InchDairnie Distillery as its assistant distillery manager. She explains her family ties to whisky, how the OurWhisky Mentorship Programme helped her find her support system, and what you can learn when you least expect it.

Beyoncé’s new whisky, SirDavis, has the potential to forge a seismic cultural shift around how we consider whisky drinkers forever, writes Becky Paskin.

Beyoncé Knowles-Carter has launched a new whiskey in collaboration with Moët Hennessy, making the singer-songwriter the first female A-list celebrity to found a whisky brand.

The OurWhisky Foundation is joining Bar Convent Berlin (BCB) as its official Education Partner for 2024.

The OurWhisky Foundation has partnered with two renowned whisky bars to launch its new Lucky Dip fundraising initiative.

The OurWhisky Foundation has revealed the second group of 25 women and non-binary individuals to be selected for its 2024 mentorship programme.

The OurWhisky Foundation has partnered with Benriach Scotch single malt to provide its first free Headshot Clinic for women and non-binary people working in the whisky industry.

The inaugural Demeter Collection, the OurWhisky Foundation’s fundraising auction held in partnership with Whisky Auctioneer, has raised a total of nearly £50,000.

At 26 years of age, Caris Simpson, Chivas Brothers’ Scotch single malt global brand ambassador, is used to being met with surprise. She explains how she handles the challenge, and why being part of the OurWhisky Foundation mentorship programme has been a turning point in her career.

Mhairi Winters and Lizzie Haw work at opposite ends of the whisky spectrum. As distillery manager of The Cairn, Winters is focused on new make spirit, while spirit quality manager Haw works with mature, and often extremely old, whisky. Now the pair have combined their skills and palates to create a one-off bottling for the Demeter Collection.

Janet Sheed Roberts was the William Grant & Sons matriarch who became Scotland’s oldest person at the age of 110. Now, her descendant Kirsten Grant Meikle and blender Eilidh Muir are honouring her legacy through a unique whisky created for the House of Hazelwood.

As the newly-appointed managing director of Douglas Laing & Co., Cara Laing is carrying a lot. Aside from ensuring the future success of her family's company and launching a new single malt brand, there’s also the inherent responsibility that comes with being one of the few female leaders of a Scotch whisky business.

Brand innovation manager for The Artisanal Spirits Company, Julie Roberts came to the whisky industry through a love of communication. She wants to change perceptions of women working in whisky and help people know more about the power of the female palate.

When Annabel Thomas founded Nc’nean distillery in 2013, fundraising was an uphill battle – investors just didn’t care about sustainability. Now she owns the UK’s first net-zero whisky distillery and is setting the bar for the industry to follow. In her mind, giving up just wasn’t an option.

She’s the most accomplished whisky maker you’ve probably never heard of, the hidden nose behind The Dalmore’s success. Now, after 50 years in the industry, most spent as the right-hand woman of master blender Richard Paterson, Margaret Nicol finally has her name on a bottle.

With qualifications in sports science and interior design, Claire Vaughan, co-founder of Derbyshire’s White Peak Distillery, never thought she’d end up in whisky. But her skill set has been key to the success of the Wire Works whisky brand.

Dr. Rachel Barrie has spent over 30 years in the whisky industry, winning numerous awards and accolades, but only now feels like she’s 'arrived'. Grateful for the opportunities she's been given, Brown-Forman's master blender now wants to empty her cup.

Success stories like Ana Hinz’s prove that empowering women can have meaningful consequences. We catch up with the former OurWhisky Foundation mentee and Westland Distillery’s business development manager about her extraordinary entrance to the whiskey industry.

Abbie Jaume discovered her love of whisky in Tasmania, but for the scientist turned distiller, founding a distillery back in England hasn’t protect her from experiencing sexism. It’s partly why she’s donating the first whisky she ever made to the Demeter Collection.

The Glenturret distillery in Crieff has announced Jennie Baernreuther as its new managing director.