GlenWyvis, Scotland’s first community-owned distillery, has released a collection of four limited edition gins inspired by Edinburgh .
The ‘Edinburgh Collection’ of gin celebrates four unique, local communities in the Capital, represented by local landmarks in Stockbridge, Old Town, New Town and Morningside.
GlenWyvis Gin is made from nine botanicals that include Hawthorn berries and has a ” fresh, clean, citrus finish”. It has been distilled in Shetland as the GlenWyvis distillery in Dingwall is still under construction.
The new Dingwall distillery is funded by GlenWyvis Distillery Community Benefit Society which raised over £2.6m from 2,600 founding members via a crowdfunding campaign earlier this year.
The GlenWyvis distillery is being built on land donated by the ‘flying farmer’, John F. McKenzie, who is also GlenWyvis’ founder and managing director.
He said the new gin collection aims to raise awareness of the GlenWyvis brand while the distillery is being built.
McKenzie said, “Our GlenWyvis ‘Edinburgh Collection’ with its local community-themed labels celebrates the combined efforts of all the investors, not least those from Edinburgh itself, who have helped us create three full-time jobs, to date, with other part-time positions created in the run-up to Christmas.
“It is the contribution of our community members from all over the world that will help create the very first Scottish-owned, community-owned, green-powered malt whisky distillery.”
Formed as a Community Benefit Society, GlenWyvis is on a mission to bring distilling back to Dingwall and aims to be 100% powered by renewable energy, with solar, hydro, wind and biomass energy facilities already installed onsite.
The limited edition GlenWyvis ‘Edinburgh Collection’ gin is priced RRP £39.99 and will be available in selected bars and restaurants.
