In September last year, William Grant & Sons announced the acquisition of Silent Pool Distillers and its namesake gin brand. At an event held at the company's distillery in the south of England to mark its tenth anniversary in October, co-founder & MD Ian McCulloch (below) sat down with editor Olly Wehring to share the story so far.Global Drinks Intel: What led you to setting up Silent Pool?Silent Pool founding director Ian McCulloch: I'd had a 30-year career in television and came out after a regime change too many. During my time in TV, my job was to get the money in. Too often, my t
‘We’re taking Silent Pool up a level’ – Silent Pool Distillers’ co-founder & MD, Ian McCulloch, speaks to Global Drinks Intel
‘When you start a business, you’ll often end up at the immovable object stage. We never hit that point, so we just kept moving forward.’

Olly has been reporting on the beverage industry as a B2B journalist since 2003. He spent 18 years at Just Drinks, 16 of which as managing editor. Since joining Global Drinks Intel in 2022, he's interviewed the CEOs for brand owners including AB InBev, Campari Group, Carlsberg, Heineken and Suntory Global Spirits and has a bulging contacts book from across beverage alcohol worldwide.



