Over 20 Years in the Industry | Jan Damen - Former SMWS Director and General Manager of The Single Cask

Whisky Stories Podcast · Dec 7, 2023 · 1h 4m

Jan was only supposed to be coming to Scotland from Holland to spend some time studying and learning about the hospitality industry. Thirty years on, he's still here and had a full careers working in the world of whisky.

He began working with the renowned Scotch Malt Whisky Society, initially to help set up their members bar in the centre of Edinburgh. As a whisky 'novice' he began to learn about the importance of flavour and the unique un-marked bottles that the SMWS have become famous for. Over the next 20 years, Jan would work his way up to Group Commercial and Operations Director in the…