limited company industry beverages founded 1938 glasgow headquarters huntly scotland key people euan shand chairman moji shand ceo products alcoholic beverages spirits number of employees 28 2015 website www.duncantaylor.com duncan taylor is an independent alcoholic beverages company . based in huntly scotland it is one of a few independent family owned alcoholic beverages companies trading in the market today . the company has become known for brands some if which are black bull scotch whisky indian summer smokin the octave the rarest tantalus . contents 1 history 2 brands 3 awards 4 references 5 external links history edit duncan taylor was founded in glasgow in 1938 as a cask broker and trading company . over the decades the company built strong ties with distillers and distilleries over scotland with the company bringing their own casks to the distilleries to be filled with new make spirit . this resulted in a collection of cask whiskies distilleries many of which are now closed which are still maturing in the duncan taylor warehouses today . the company was acquired by euan shand in 2001 whose experience in the industry has included stints at the glendronach distillery william teacher s & sons and founding and running the bennachie whisky company . euan subsequently moved duncan taylor to his home town of huntly acquired a facility in the town which he converted to a bottling plant and established duncan taylor as an independent bottling company . brands edit duncan taylor has a portfolio of brands . including gin indian summer rum the duncan taylor caribbean rum the duncan taylor single cask rum blended scotch whisky black bull scotch whisky scottish glory smokin blended malt scotch whisky auld reekie the big smoke single malt scotch whisky battlehill dimensions the duncan taylor single the duncan taylor tantalus the octave the rarest awards edit some duncan taylor & co brands have received awards in various editions of jim murray s whisky bible . citation needed a north british 1978 cask q247 54.7 % abv from the rare auld range received a liquid gold award in the 2010 whisky bible awards are granted to any whiskies which score 94 or above out of a maximum 100 points . citation needed the single cask grain whisky was also rated scotch grain of the year . citation needed based on ratings by blind tasting panels duncan taylor & co was awarded the independent bottlers of year award from whisky magazine 1 in 2006 highlands lowlands & blended categories 1 2007 lowlands 2 2008 lowlands 3 and 2011 islay . 4 references edit a b independent bottlers challenge 2006 . whisky magazine . retrieved 2013 01 21 . independent bottlers challenge 2007 . whisky magazine . retrieved 2013 01 21 . independent bottlers challenge 2008 . whisky magazine . retrieved 2013 01 21 . independent bottlers challenge 2011 . whisky magazine . retrieved 2013 01 21 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title duncan taylor company & oldid 705984071 categories whiskycompanies of scotlandhidden categories use british english from january 2013use dmy dates from january 2013all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from january 2013 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 20 february 2016 at 19 03 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view