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 …
Sad Farewells
Torrisdale has suffered a devastating bereavement following the sudden passing of Niall's dad, Donald, a fortnight ago. He fought a brave fight against cancer for three years but sadly succumbed just a few days after being admitted to hospital. Our loss is palpable. Donald was truly the heart and soul of Torrisdale and was Niall's adviser, fixer …
Tree Hugging
I for one am glad to see the back of January. It started badly with a major cock-up by Niall and I. We got our days of the week very muddled after Hogmanay (it wasn't the whisky, honestly...!) and convinced ourselves that a changeover was occurring on a Saturday rather than a Friday. Imagine our …
Two Hundred Years Young
How apt that my last post was entitled ‘Slowing Down’ as I then ground to a halt with these little snippets of Torrisdale life. Not that life ever grinds to a halt here, far from it. We continued to have a busy autumn and the bookings really only petered out in November but it was …