Berry Bros. & Rudd

Berry Bros. . & Rudd can trace its history back to 1698 when the widow Bourne opened her shop opposite St. James's Palace in London. Today its still run by the current generation Berry and Rudd family business from St. James's street number 3 . For many hundreds of years makes Berry's wines and spirits to the royal families , politicians and the jet from London .

Early this century began with her Berry's own label for the bottling of single malt whiskey. Berry 's Own Selection was born and Douglas McIvor is the one that selects the casks. Doug has many years of experience in the field of whisky including working for the progressive Milroy brothers who first sold single malt whiskey in London .

Doug selects with just the balance between the character of the distillery and the character of the cask in his mind. The cask should never be too overbearing is his idea. Between the BOS bottlings are a lot of extraordinary whisky's of good taste , balance and nuance. Often Doug bottles at 46 % , for him the ideal strength of these whiskeys . The more expressive bottlings are bottled at cask strength .