Illicit Stills
Build stills. Make whisky. Learn the craft.
You discover a homemade copper still buried in the Highland hills. Beside it, a distiller's diary filled with a lifetime of knowledge and recipes. Reassemble the still, and get to work. Make your first batch of whisky in secret, selling through fences and learning from every mistake.
Hone your craft to build a distillery with its own identity, its own water source, its own character. Export to markets and grow an empire of parallel operations, each one distinct, each one yours. Experiment with every component of your stills. Combine malts, find experimental yeasts, and produce the finest or wildest whiskies the world has ever seen.
Modular Still Construction
Assemble copper pots, necks, lyne arms, and condensers — each component changes the spirit's character. Thousands of combinations from around 28 physical parts.
Real Whisky Craft, Taught by Stealth
Multiple flavour axes. Fully customisable inputs. Learn how whisky actually works with hands-on experimentation and incrementation.
From Outlaw to Expert Distiller
Start illicit in the hills, go legitimate with your own distillery, then scale into a constellation of sites. Give each distillery an identity that makes it unmistakably unique.
Off-Game Maturation
Your whisky ages while you're away. Fill the warehouse then return to discover your success.
Michael's Diaries
Through the illicit distiller's diary, Michael becomes your mentor. He'll teach you the craft, share his history, and give you secret recipes for the finest whiskies around.