The AK Journal · Updated Daily

Field notes from
a small distillery.

Craft, flavour, cocktails and the people behind every bottle. Short, honest writing, published most days from Stalybridge.

The Art of Polish Moonshine

From farmhouse stills in rural Poland to a small batch distillery in Stalybridge. The long road of bimber, told properly.

What actually happens between the wash and the bottle. A plain language walk through our small batch distillation.

How a dried flower from a Stalybridge kitchen ended up on a Global Speciality Masters podium.

Short, simple recipes you can build in two minutes from one bottle of AK and what is already on your shelf.

An honest look at the cost, in time and in money, of refusing to put a label machine in the corner of the room.