After more than a decade in operation, Scottish independent whisky bottler Chapter 7 has gone into liquidation due to cashflow pressures and a downturn in sales.
Kevin Mapstone and Kenneth Craig of insolvency specialist Begbies Traynor were appointed joint liquidators of Paisley-based Chapter 7 on 2 October 2025.
Founded by Selim Evin in 2014, Chapter 7 produced more than 50 specialist small-batch whiskies.
In August 2022, Chapter 7 opened a bottling facility in Glasgow, bringing production fully in-house after previously using a third-party supplier.
However, the company was hit by ‘falling global demand and a softening of discretionary spend…