Gintelligence
- with Fiona Holland F iona Holland is a journalist and long-time gin lover, collecting and sampling unusual and uncommon gins for more than
20 years. Recently, her job amassing the juniper-laced spirit has become significantly easier with the explosion of craft distilleries in Scotland. It’s
difficult to keep up with them all, but you can be assured she’ll try her best…
Cairngorm magic
Insriach distillery shed
Inshriach Gin
Nr Aviemore, Cairngorms 43 and 57 per cent ABV £38 and £48 for 70cl inc P&P
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hat do you get if you cross an award-winning shed, 200 acres of Cairngorms National Park flora and a spring?
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All in all, it’s not a bad combo for a successful distilling project – which is just as well, as that’s precisely what Inshriach Estate has become wellknown for. Those of you whose memories stretch back five years or so, will remember Inshriach Estate as the
initial home of Crossbill Gin and, in 2015, it picked up Channel 4’s Shed of the Year crown. While Crossbill has moved on to pastures new in Glasgow, that innovative shed – once the humble domain of chickens – has since become home to the eponymous Inshriach Gin.
