In fact, the King Car Whiskey Distillery began trial production in 2006, and introduced the very first Taiwanese whisky-Kavalan-to the market in December 2008. The two-year-old facility has earned Taiwan its first appearance in the Malt Whisky Yearbook 2010 and won praise in the West for its products, including silver medals in 2009 at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition and the International Wine and Spirit Competition.
不要懷疑，金車威士忌酒廠在 2006 年試車生產，2008 年 12 月第一支台灣威士忌──噶瑪蘭「KA VA LAN」上市，這個建廠只有二年多的酒廠，讓台灣首度在威士忌年鑑（2010 年）中露臉，甚至揚威西方，2009 年分別在 SWSC 世界威士忌及 IWSC 舊金山國際釀造酒烈酒項目中拿下銀牌獎。