Persie Distillery Zesty Citrus Gin – Fruity Gin Made from Hand-Zested Limes & Oranges – Award Winning Scottish Distillery Craft Gin – 50cl 42% ABV

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If you like what you see and try, you can join the Old Curiosity Gin Club, where you can sample a brand new and exclusive gin flavour every month. If this sounds like something you'd like to know more about then a trip to the distillery is a must. Visitors are invited to an interactive tour and tasting at The Glasgow Distillery Company, where you can see first hand the craftsmanship and care that goes into each bottle.

Their gin comes in three core bottlings – navy-strength, original and the 1947 – as well as the occasional limited edition. Winners of the 2023 Scottish Gin Awards announced - including North Uist Distillery and Edinburgh Gin Chair of the judging panel, Adam Hardie, Partner and Head of Food and Drink at Johnston Carmichael, said: “It continues to be a very tough and challenging year but many are not just surviving but excelling.Persie creates aromatic, distinctive gins from its distillery at the base of Glenshee. Gayle Ritchie meets founders Chrissie and Simon Fairclough (and the dogs who’ve inspired some expressions of the tipple!) Several varieties of the boozy tipple are available, including a series of dog-themed gins – Labrador, Spaniel and Dachshund, plus a cross-breed gin called Dog Days. Balmenach Distillery, Cairngorms National Park, Balmenach Rd, Cromdale, Grantown-on-Spey PH26 3PF) Picture: Caorunn Facebook

With tonic, the herbal qualities become more complex (and far more tasty). They are able to evolve with the growing volume, and take on a far fresher, more amalgamated taste. It’s as sweet as is it savoury, making us yearn for tall, clinking drinks on hot summer days. Persie Zesty Citrus gin takes the longest to make, as over 200 fresh limes and oranges are used. Preparing the fruits takes four hours, and that’s after Fairclough has roped in a friend to help. “The other two gins involve less prep,” he tells us. “Herby is a joy to distil, with basil, bay leaves and rosemary – but the best bit if the huge impact on the body of the gin by adding roughly chopped green olives, which gives it a wonderful olive oil mouth feel. There is a wide range of diverse distilleries and breweries in the Cairngorms National Park so it depends which is your favourite to drink. It’s not just whisky, either; there’s been a huge growth in Scottish gins recently and you’ll find distilleries like Balmenach (the home of Caorunn gin) and Persie also do gin tours and tastings now too. Aviemore also has its own brewery, Cairngorm Brewery which produces traditional beers such as Wild Cat and Stag. The bottle was designed by the team at Stranger & Stranger, and reflects the rolling waves of the Harris coast. So far the main collection consists of an original gin, spiced gin and navy strength gin, with a berry edition released last year as part of the cottage collection.Named after the indigenous bird that can only be found in the ancient forests of Scotland, Crossbill gin is one of the only gin distilleries to use 100 per cent Scottish juniper and rosehip, with the distillers claiming to have revived Scotland’s juniper production. When it comes to accommodation in Scotland, there's a fantastic choice of amazing stays from luxury hotels to glamping getaways. Step 1: Choose the Persie spirit from the options above. You can choose vodka in 70cl size or gin in 50cl or 1 litre size bottles. If you’re booking a tasting and wish to decide on the day, choose Tour Collection Gin; we will have the label printed off and ready to be applied to the gin bottle of your choice. This is our favourite of the trio by far; it’s complex and totally unique, and with tonic is akin to an ice cream float. We’d garnish with a cherry to keep going down this path and if we were feeling particularly outrageous, we’d probably add a scoop of vanilla ice cream as well. Like the breed, this is traditional, soft in the mouth and warming (made with juniper, cardamom and coriander).

What makes the gin spicy is the use of mace and cinnamon as dominant botanicals. The gentle finish is down to bay leave Eden Mill is located just a couple of miles west of the famous home of golf, and is considered to be one of Scotland’s most unique distilleries in that it is also a brewery.An explosion of limes and blood oranges with piny notes. Sharp citrus cut-through with a long, zingy finish. All fresh fruit, hand zested. No artificial flavouring or additives. Discover wonderful wildlife tours to book and experience in Scotland, including bird watching safaris, whale watching, farm tours and much more! An explosion of limes and blood oranges with piny notes on the nose. On the palate there is a sharp citrus cut-through with a long, zingy finish. It would seem rather an obvious step for a budding Scottish distiller to head down the Scotch path, but Fairclough had other ideas: “whisky has just three ingredients and a tightly prescribed process, whereas with gin I can throw myself into the liberated approach to recipe development and creation. It’s like cooking versus baking, and I’m definitely more of a cook.” As with all our dog gins, the spirit is created to be just like the breed. So Dachshund Gin Liqueur is the perfect balance of sweet and sharp! Bursting with zest, it has a long body and is best served short.

Persie Distillery has generated not merely a product but a comprehensive gin-drinking experience that plays eloquently to the senses, bridging the olfactory and the gustatory in a harmonious ballet of scents and flavours. Their offerings, while varied, adhere unwaveringly to a standard of quality and aromatic excellence, ensuring that each bottle encapsulates the precise, meticulous craftsmanship synonymous with the Persie name. Our Dachshund expression is a lime gin liqueur. Just like the breed, it is the perfect balance of sweet and sharp! Bursting with zest, it has a long body and is best served short. Our Dachshund expression is a lime gin liqueur, made using freshly pressed limes with fruit left over from our award-winning Zesty Citrus Gin.

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Like the breed, this is spicy and lively on the palate with a gentle coating (made with mace, cinnamon and bay leaves). The Master Tour allows visitors to meet one of Oro’s distillers, who will explain exactly how Oro Gin is made (including the science behind the process) and how to make the perfect gin and tonic.