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  • Distillery Manager/Head Distiller at Copper Rivet Distillery
  • Director at Spirits Sense Limited – Bespoke equipment design and fabrication for Brewing and Distilling.
  • Product and process design, implementation and training services. QC and Lab analysis of products. 
  • Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Distillers.
  • Certified trainer at CIBD, distillation module.

Nicholas Carr

Date Role
2015 - Present

Distillery Manager, Copper Rivet Distillery, Kent, UK

End – to – end responsibility for supply chain management, production, and Innovation & NPD under global role in the business as Distillery Manager. Increased production capacity from 13000 LPA to 56000 LPA in two years, leading to global reach of products.

Inventor of Liquid treatment apparatus, distillation apparatus, and method of distillation – Flavoured Spirit, Gin and Rum.

UKPatentNo.:GB2552297.

2012 - Present

Director, Spirits Sense, UK

Management consultancy services to brewing and distilling industry. Provides NPD, supply chain, production, packaging, and distribution platform to clients. Design, fabricate and supply brewing and distilling equipment.

2013 - 2020

Technical consultant, NPD and R&D, Cabbies Rum, Taxi spirit co., London, UK

2013 - 2015

Tech Prod Manager and Distiller, Ogilvy Spirits Ltd, Angus, UK

2012 - 2013 Chief Consultant and R&D, Strathearn Distillery, Scotland, UK
2006 - 2013 ICBD and IBD
2008 - 2013

Research and Teaching assistant at ICBD, Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh, UK

2009 - 2013 Young member representative of Institute of Brewing & Distilling (IBD), Scottish Section