62 . Glasgow Business September/October 2012
GLASGOW BUSINESS AWARDS
location in the city to do business. Thistle Glasgow provides an ideal venue for business meetings and events or family occasions. Our largest function room, the Grand Ballroom, seats up to 1,500 guests, making it suitable for large conferences, gala dinners and awards ceremonies. It is also one of Glasgow’s most glamorous wedding venues. We also have 17 further meeting rooms suitable for board and team meetings, training sessions, presentations, interviews and private dining.
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EVENING TIMES MEDIA PARTNER AND SPONSOR OF THE EVENING TIMES AWARD FOR GLASGOW’S FAVOURITE BUSINESS
For over a century the Evening Times
has been keeping Glasgow up to date with everything that happens across the city. Today, through our print and online editions, more than 420,000 people are kept informed with all the latest in news, business, sport and entertainment. The Evening Times has been media partner of
the Glasgow Business Awards for over a decade, and since our involvement we have supported a unique category in the competition – the Evening Times Favourite Business Award. Voted for by our readers, previous winners
include Auchentoshan, the Pavilion, Slater Menswear, The Q Club, Barrhead Travel and Glasgow Taxis – all firms close to the heart of the public. The Evening Times is dedicated to promoting
the very best of Glasgow and, in particular, in promoting, celebrating and supporting the businesses which help make this city the economic heart of Scotland. Once again we are proud and privileged to be
involved in the Glasgow Business Awards and to help celebrate the success and achievements of our top companies.
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ANCNOC WHISKY
anCnoc is a rather curious whisky. You see, this fine single malt is created
using traditional production methods. It’s just that we use them to make a refreshingly modern whisky – something that’s reflected in our contemporary bottle design and packaging today. The end result is a lighter-tasting single malt that doesn’t compromise on quality. Even the name (pronounced ‘a-nock’), defies convention as it’s Gaelic for the nearby Knock Hill.
This is unusual, as most whiskies are named after the distillery. At anCnoc, we honour the tradition of malt whisky making, using a process that’s changed little over the years. The result is a modern light, citrus tasting single malt whisky that still offers plenty of complexity. The Knockdhu Distillery is situated in the
picturesque village of Knock in Aberdeenshire. As well as being in a rather beautiful part of the world, it’s also the perfect spot for a distillery. Why? Well the abundance of natural resources, for a start. Knockdhu opened its doors in October
1894. Back then it was regarded as the perfect embodiment of a modern distillery. So it’s perhaps no surprise that we still produce a light, intriguing and thoroughly modern whisky to this day. The methods used to make anCnoc have hardly changed in more than 100 years.
We still use our original style copper pot stills
and worms to condense the vaporised alcohol (which is very rare these days). Ironically, it’s these traditional techniques which help to create the distinctive, modern flavour.
The whisky is aged in American and Spanish oak
barrels, previously used to mature either bourbon or sherry. The casks are rested quietly in dunnage warehouses. Here, the thick granite walls make for a stable temperature, which helps to give us a nice consistent dram. Like anCnoc itself, our Distillery Manager, Gordon
Bruce, is something of a character. When it comes to making anCnoc, Gordon and his ‘Men of Knock’, as they’re known locally, are relentless in their pursuit of perfection.
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