The Birth of DCL // Distillers Company Limited

from Decades Distilled // A History of Whisky · host Kurt Maitland and Sarah Jeltema

Send a textFor this week's episode, we are exploring the origin story of the DCL, or the Distillers Company Limited. Formed in 1877 of six Scottish distilleries, it would grow to become a controlling giant during the 19th century, leading into the 20th. Tune in as Sarah and Kurt go back to the origins of the DCL and how it impacted the Scottish whisky industry in the 1880's.

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