Improve spirits mouthfeel and maturation with WLT 150. Every distiller is chasing the same feeling in the glass. Rounded. Balanced. Married. Harmonious. The moment when a spirit coats the palate and leaves a memorable, lingering finish. But achieving a consistent spirit mouthfeel, balance, and maturation across every batch takes time, oak management, and [...]

Distillery production challenges Production rarely follows a perfect plan. Timelines shift. Flavour doesn’t always land where expected. Demand can outpace capacity. And sometimes, entire batches don’t meet specification. These are not edge cases, they are part of real production. What matters is how you respond when they happen. WLT 150 is used by [...]

A new outlook in spirit making: Oak extract for spirits is helping modern distillers balance centuries-old traditions with today’s production demands. The dynamic world of spirits production is a field of open experimentation and evolving trends, where tradition meets innovation. This has presented distillers with the need to craft spirits that embrace both. [...]

Choosing the right oak alternative Choosing between oak alternatives can be difficult, especially with the wide variety of options now available in the world of spirits. Distillers are presented with various oak alternatives like chips, staves, liquid products, and powders. It can be a daunting task to select the perfect one. When choosing [...]

Spirit barrel shortages are placing increasing pressure on distilleries around the world. Rising barrel prices, long delivery times, and limited availability are forcing producers to rethink traditional maturation strategies while maintaining the quality and consistency their customers expect. The idea of paying over $ 3,000 for a 160 gallon barrel in the near future [...]

Spirit maturation is one of the most valuable and time-intensive stages of distilling. While nothing replaces the craftsmanship of traditional barrel ageing, modern techniques can help distillers improve efficiency, reduce costs, and achieve greater consistency without sacrificing quality. There is no greater commodity than your time, the cost of it seems to just go [...]

Spirit blending is one of the most important skills in producing premium spirits. Achieving the perfect balance of flavour, aroma, mouthfeel, and oak character requires experience, consistency, and the right tools, especially when working with ageing barrels that no longer perform at their peak. For many distillers the real challenge of producing fine spirits [...]

Distillery business continuity has become increasingly important as producers face supply chain disruptions, changing consumer demand, and economic uncertainty. Maintaining production efficiency while protecting product quality is essential for distilleries of every size. In an environment where the closure of on-premise retail establishments as well as the potential closure or limited access to retail [...]

The Chinese spirits market continues to expand as consumer demand for premium spirits grows. Alongside this growth, distillers are increasingly exploring oak maturation techniques and innovative oak solutions to enhance flavour, consistency, and product quality. China’s large and rapidly growing middle class is boosting demand for spirits both local and international. The volume of [...]

The Future of Spirit Maturation: Tradition Meets Innovation Spirit maturation has always been one of the defining stages of premium spirit production. For generations, distillers have relied on oak barrels to develop the colour, aroma, flavour, and smooth mouthfeel that consumers associate with quality spirits. While this tradition remains at the heart of distilling, [...]

Producing exceptional spirits has always been a balance of craftsmanship, experience, and continuous improvement. Every decision a distiller makes—from selecting raw materials to maturation and blending—contributes to the quality of the final product. At WLT 150, our passion is to support that journey by developing natural oak solutions that help distillers produce outstanding spirits [...]

The WLT150 team is fuelled by passion and driven by results, we have a unique spirit of co-operation between out distributors John Fearless, our executives driving the business and our production and science staff, all of us have unique competencies necessary to deliver a world class technology to a unique and discerning industry. One [...]

The WLT150 team concludes a strategic partnership with John Fearless a company focused on providing products and services to the alcoholic beverage industry in the USA and other countries with the highest quality raw materials ingredients. We recognised that in order to be able to reach the right audience, to develop the market for [...]

During our development of the WLT150 extract a key focus was ensuring that extensive testing was carried out, key questions about optimising the delivery of the extract had to be answered, we looked at the full range of distilling options, spirit types and typical activities and where best to dose WLT150, these included What [...]

From this point forward the take up of WLT150 was largely organic and by word of mouth, distillers looking to solve their challenges around barrel ageing began to talk with one another and come directly to us for solutions. This was a very important time for us as we were also figuring out the [...]

After working with wine for a number of years it was a natural progression for us to move into alternate areas where barrels are widely used for ageing and finishing. It turned out that one of the wine makers we were working with also distilled the grape spirit into brandy and it made sense [...]

Over a 5 year period a very smart scientist figured out how to make an extract of oak wood, his main aim was to help in the wine industry in the delivery of oak character in helping winemakers to round and finish their wines in the same way that has happened in barrels for [...]