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A Blast from the Past

We finally launched Kintyre Gin to the world last week which was such a wonderful achievement after two and a half years of planning, building, installing, trialing, tasting, distilling and finally bottling. We are thrilled with the final product and it has had a fantastic reception from our customers, near and far. Guests will be …

Craft Gin Distillery Kintyre Gin Spring Visitors

Springing into Action

Maybe last year was particularly grim but I’m fairly certain this winter has been quite bearable and seems to have passed us by pretty quickly. I don’t need to be told not to talk too soon as it’s not unheard of to have snow storms in March and April, but on the whole, there have …

Argyll and the Isles Tourism Cooperative Beaches Filming Summer Visitors

Wild About Beaumont

Life is never dull at Torrisdale (if only!) but the excitement bar was raised even higher last week as we played host to the legendary adventure cyclist, Mark Beaumont. He was passing through Kintyre as part of a 12 day tour of Argyll and the Isles, incorporating various formidable sporting challenges, from running up the …

Craft Gin Distillery Hydro scheme Kintyre Gin Local produce

Gin Plans

The cat is out of the bag regarding our next exciting venture. Never one to rest on his laurels, Niall needed another project to get stressed about now the hydro scheme is up and running. Last year he came up with the brilliant idea of making gin as it appears to be a booming industry …