At around the same time as Pip was setting up the SMWS in The Vaults, a young cooper was doing his apprenticeship and starting out on a lifetime’s experience working with casks. Stuart MacPherson has recently retired from his role of Master of Wood with The Macallan after more than 40 years in the industry, and Unfiltered caught up with him at our Bath Street Members’ Room in Glasgow to hear about his career and a lifetime of knowledge working with wood. Read this and more in this month's edition of Unfiltered Magazine - available now for UK and EU members to read via the Member Dashboard. #smwsunfilteredmagazine #whiskywriting #septemberunfiltered