{
  "id": 10659995,
  "title": "On the rocks? Scotch distilleries pause production as unsold ‘whisky loch’ grows",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/on-the-rocks-scotch-distilleries-pause-production-as-unsold-whisky",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-29T09:01:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Business",
    "slug": "guardian-business",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/food/2026/sep/29/scotch-distilleries-pause-production-whisky-loch-scotland"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Demand for Scotland’s most famous export has slumped, with industry facing job cuts and closures Obscured by the Scottish countryside on the outskirts of Kirkcaldy, Cluny bond is, in effect, a small town built to store whisky. By the time the latest set of warehouses are finished on the former opencast coal mine, Diageo’s 220-hectare (544-acre) maturation campus will be able to store almost 3m…",
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  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Economic Times",
        "title": "Radico takes India's whisky to Scotch’s backyard",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/radico-takes-indias-whisky-to-scotchs-backyard",
        "published": "2026-09-28T14:57:13.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}