Company Details
Name: Speyside Labs Ltd
Date Founded: 2021
Sector: Digital – Spirits Production/SaaS
Key Products/Services: Vapour – a cloud-based platform for managing distillery operations, covering spirit production, cask maturation, and bottling.
Website URL: www.vapour.scot
Executive Summary
Vapour is a Scottish Software-as-a-Service platform transforming how distilleries and whisky warehouses manage production and maturation. Developed by Speyside Labs in the heart of Scotch whisky country, it provides end-to-end digital traceability from crop to cask to case. Since launching in 2021, Vapour has been adopted by leading producers in Scotland and beyond. Its strength lies in being purpose-built for the spirits sector, rather than retrofitting generic inventory systems. This has delivered greater efficiency, stronger compliance, and industry recognition, positioning Vapour as a showcase of Scottish innovation.
The Challenge
Whisky production involves complex, long-term processes traditionally managed through paper logs, spreadsheets, and disconnected systems. These methods made it difficult to achieve visibility across the entire lifecycle, slowed down compliance reporting, and left room for human error. Generic software solutions were ill-suited to the sector’s specific regulatory and operational needs. Many existing on-premise tools were rigid, expensive to maintain, and could not scale easily across multiple locations or provide secure access off-site. Distilleries required a modern cloud-based solution that could deliver accuracy, flexibility and oversight without disrupting established practices.
The Solution
Vapour is a cloud-based platform uniting production, warehousing, and bottling into a single, seamless system. Operators use mobile devices to capture every stage of production, cask movement, and bottling run directly into the cloud, replacing paper records with real-time digital data. This ensures that every action is logged at the source, creating a live digital twin of operations.
Key features include:
- 3D warehouse visualisation to locate and manage casks efficiently.
- Automated compliance reporting for faster, error-free submissions.
- API integrations with ERP, finance, and control systems.
- Robotics integration for automated cask handling in modern warehouses.
- Customer portals providing external stakeholders such as cask investors with secure, real-time access to inventory information.
The Impact
Vapour has been rapidly adopted by distilleries and cask management companies of all sizes, from craft producers to global players. Clients report faster workflows, improved accuracy, and simplified compliance. For example, distilleries using Vapour have highlighted how easily it embeds into daily operations and the improved visibility it provides across inventory. Managers now have instant access to live production and stock data, wherever they are in the world, enabling quicker and better-informed decisions.
Future Plans
Speyside Labs intends to expand Vapour’s capabilities further, with ongoing investment in automation, data insights, and planning tools. Future development will focus on deeper integration with warehouse robotics, enhanced analytics, and broader long-term planning support. The aim is to ensure Vapour continues to serve as the digital backbone of modern spirit production, blending tradition with cutting-edge technology.