The Heriot-Watt graduate Dhavall Gandhi was appointed master blender in 2016, his previous position was at The Macallan. The distillery opened on 15 December 2014, a few days after they put the 5,500 litre McMillan stills into production. It wasn't until 22 July 2015 that Princess Anne opened the distillery officially. In 2019 the distillery announced an expansion plan that would nearly double their production capacity. Initially the company release a blended whisky The One before they released their first self-produced The Lakes Genesis on 29 June 2018. In May 2018 an annual release, Quatrefoil, was introduced (Faith, Hope, Luck, Love). A restyling of the brand was done in September 2019 with the release of The Whiskymaker's Reserve No.1. Besides whisky the distillery also makes gin & vodka with a 1,000 litre still. The London Distillery Company The London Distillery Company was the first whisky Distillery in London for over 100years. Originally, based in a former dairy cold room in Battersea, London until December 2015 before moving to a railway arch in Bermondsey. TLDC was registered with Companies House in July 2011 by Darren Rook, and investor and former microbrewery owner, Nick Taylor. Rook resigned as CEO in late 2017. His replacement failed multiple times to secure funding from new & existing investors. In January 2020, the company went into administration. The British Honey Company purchased the Dodd's Gin and Rye brands. Ludlow Distillery The Hardingham Family, who also run the Ludlow Vineyard, placed in 2008 a 200-litre Kothe still on their Clee St. Margaret's estate. It wasn't until 2014 that they started to distill whisky. The first peated version was released in 2018 as Young Prince, commemoration Edward V of England who was based in Ludlow Castle They also produce Brandy, Apple Brandy, Eau de vie and Marc. The Oxford Artisan Distillery The Oxford Artisan Distillery (TOAD) is located next to the Headington's South Park in the old city council depot at Cheney Farm. In 2017, Tom Nicolson and Tagore Ramoutar founded the distillery where master distiller Cory Mason, started distilling rye whisky, gin, and vodka. Four organic farms, all near Oxford, supplies the distillery with rye, wheat, and barley. The largest still "Nautilus" has a capacity of 2,400 litres with a column of 42 plates; a smaller 500-litre still known as "Nemo". Both were built by South Devon Railway Engineering. In Spring 2021, the distillery launched its rye