InchDairnie Distillery is the brainchild of Ian Palmer who had a vision of building a distillery, with equipment that breaks the mould, capable of reaching flavours not normally accessible. Ian designed the distillery together with the construction company Colorado Group and even engineered the Lomond Hill still (used for precision distilling RyeLaw).
With over 40 years of experience in the whisky industry Ian has been integral to the process of converting a green field site to a distillery of its time and has been key to the flavour research and development in the different whiskies engineered and distilled at InchDairnie Distillery. Ian Palmer has worked as Operations Manager at Invergordon Distillery and Group Distilling Manager for all the distilleries in Whyte & Mackay, including Dalmore, Jura, Bruichladdich, Fettercairn and Tamnavulin. Ian is also the man behind the building of Starlaw grain distillery for French group La Martiniquaise.

Managing Director Scott Sneddon has been with InchDairnie Distillery since the site was just a green field. Scott helped build, install, and commission the distillery and knows every corner, valve and rivet. With his impressive knowledge Scott is an integral part of the day-to-day management of the distillery, heads the nosing board (quality control) and in addition is a strong driver on developments for the future and quest for flavour through innovation and research.
With a degree in Chemical Engineering and Site Operations Manager at first Diageo’s Glen Ord and later Glenkinchie Scott has a wealth of experience and is highly respected amongst his peers in the industry.

Martin originally joined the team in 2017 as the Spirit Handling Team leader with responsibility for all of the warehousing, cask management and spirit handling. Over time, Martin has provided invaluable support to Scott and has recently been promoted to Distillery Manager. He is responsible for the planning and ordering of all malt, yeast and deliveries of spirit throughout the year.

David is the newest member of the team, joining in early 2022. He is responsible for keeping the plant running to schedule and ensuring all assets are maintained in full working order. His expertise allows us to improve on our meticulous process and plan future projects thoroughly. David is also working on the planning and implementation of the Distillery upgrade, increasing the distilling capacity to over 3.5 Million litres of Alcohol.

Rob is the newest member of the team in the role of InchDairnie Brand Ambassador. After a career as a bartender in some of London’s most famous venues, Rob is an expert on cocktails, spirits and flavour. Rob travels across the globe, engaging with our distributors and consumers through tastings and social media, to educate and excite them on InchDairnie Distillery. Rob is especially passionate about finding innovative ways to drink and discuss spirits aiming to attract new people into the dynamic and evolving world of Scotch Whisky.

Adam has been at the Distillery since August 2015, joining the company originally as a warehouse operator. Over the years Adam has handled and filled many casks and overseen Millions of litres of Alcohol leaving the InchDairnie site. As Warehouse Supervisor he is responsible for the day to day running of the distillery warehouses, Blending plant and cask filling operations. He possesses a vast amount of knowledge on all of the different casks and spirit types stored here at InchDairnie.

John Flynn has been a warehouse operator at InchDairnie since August 2015. He is responsible for the receiving, filling, and storage of more than 120’000 casks on site. He has have superb knowledge on the variety of casks we fill and store onsite. He can provide the history of every cask stored onsite.

Andy Wright has been a warehouse operator since November 2022. He is responsible for the receiving, filling, and storage of more than 120’000 casks on site. He has have superb knowledge on the variety of casks we fill and store onsite. He can provide the history of every cask stored onsite.

Gary joined InchDairnie in 2020 and has moved from Groundskeeper to Spirit Process Operator. He is responsible for the receiving filling and storage of more than 150’000 casks on site. He has superb knowledge on the vast variety of casks we fill and store.

Bradley joined us in August of 2023 as our latest Modern Apprentice. We provide a modern apprenticeship scheme for young employees to provide a structured training approach to the industry, which is independently validated to ensure a safe working environment. By starting the program in the warehouse, this provides Bradley with a good grounding and level of understanding of the overall spirit handling process. He has already gained knowledge in cask filling and disgorging and has obtained his forklift license.

Brendan joined InchDairnie in the autumn of 2023 and works as a Spirit Process
Operator in the warehouse, becoming an integral part of the InchDairnie team.
He is responsible for cask filling, disgorging and warehousing of over 150’000
casks.

John Cherrie has been an InchDairnie Stillmen since 2015. He is responsible for everything required in the production of spirit. He oversees the unloading of the Malted Barley deliveries, the creation of the mash bills through to ensuring the best quality spirit comes off the stills. He has superb knowledge of each stage of our unique process.

Gavin Lawson is the newest qualified Stillmen, having joined the company in January 2022 becoming a fully trained Stillmen in August.

Patrick Glennie is the newest member of the Distilling Team. Originally employed within the Warehousing team, Patrick is working through the Modern Apprenticeship in Spirit Operations. He is currently learning the operation of the distillery.

Brian Walker has been an InchDairnie Stillman since 2015. He is responsible for everything required in the production of spirit. He oversees the unloading of the Malted Barley deliveries, the creation of the mash bills through to ensuring the best quality spirit comes off the stills. He has superb knowledge of each stage of our unique process.

Gordon Buchan has been an InchDairnie Stillman since 2015. He is responsible for everything required in the production of spirit. He oversees the unloading of the Malted Barley deliveries, the creation of the mash bills through to ensuring the best quality spirit comes off the stills. He has superb knowledge of each stage of our unique process.

Stuart Saunders has been an InchDairnie Stillman since 2015. He is responsible for everything required in the production of spirit. He oversees the unloading of the Malted Barley deliveries, the creation of the mash bills through to ensuring the best quality spirit comes off the stills. He has superb knowledge of each stage of our unique process.

Michele joined InchDairnie Distillery in 2015, joining the site team in the portacabin offices in a cold winter. Michele is a key cog in the InchDairnie machine covering accounts, IT, SAP Management, DRAMS management and anything else that needs done. Everything that is carried out at InchDairnie has involved Michele in one way or another.

Katie joined the company in 2021. She is responsible for the marketing of InchDairnie Distillery and each of the brands, whilst also looking after all our private cask owners. Katie is a wiz on social media and you can see her work via InchDairnie Linkedin, Twitter and Instagram feeds.

Vicki joined the company at the start of 2019. She assists the office manager with the creation of Purchase Orders, shipment documentation and general administrative duties to support the Distillery.

Jess joined as the Sustainability Manager in January 2024. Over the last 10 years she has worked on nature conservation and environmental issues both internationally and in Scotland, including with the UN Environment Programme. This has ranged from tracking progress towards global biodiversity targets, to supporting community-based organisations in Scotland to take action for their local environment. She is looking forward to integrating sustainability into our activities and processes.