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Update No.16 23rd July 2016
An eventful week…. Things have been moving along really well on the Dornoch Distillery front line. This week we have been working hard on various insurance, health & safety and HMRC paperwork. It has been very exciting… On a more positive note, we have received our pot stills & a few other pieces of equipment!…
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Update No.15 14th July 2016
Progress. A busy couple of week. Distillery conversion has been progressing fantastically well and we have started receiving plant equipment….. THE POT STILLS ARRIVE NEXT WEEK!!! This week the builders have laid external concrete pathways, replaced cast iron gutters and finalised the electrical plans. We have also received friends from NYC and Japan who are…
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Update No.14 1st July 2016
Up’s and Downs…. This week has been particularly testing. We were massively let down by a bottle manufacturer, however we can overcome almost anything. These moments were meant to test us and we have (almost) found a good solution! On a more positive note we have overcome various issues and the builders and joiner have…
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Update No.13 23rd June 2015
Joining the dots…… Another wonderfully productive week has passed. Our joiner has been working incredibly hard creating doorways, floors and hanging the doors! We have started receiving delivery dates for a lot of the larger pieces of equipment… It is all becoming very real! There was a visit from one of our cask suppliers. They…
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Update No.12 15th June 2016
PROGRESS!! What a fantastic couple of weeks here in Dornoch! The builders have made superb progress; doorway into the Castle grounds has been created, steel beams are in place, pointing is 80% finished and the splash backs were finished today! The hotel and whisky bar has been fantastically busy and our 1972 Invergordon has been…
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Update No.11 3rd June 2016
We are coming to the close of a fantastically productive week here in Dornoch! The builders have put in a power of work ensuring the water and three-phase electricity have been correctly connected! They have also almost finished the internal pointing, which looks awesome! Yesterday we received all out ATEX LED strip lights. A lot…
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Update No.10 26th May 2016
Hello everyone! We have been incredibly busy here over the pas couple of weeks. The builders have been making great progress. We have been working on bottle designs and sourcing various Organic botanicals for our #milltostill Gin. Tomorrow SSE are coming to hook up our three-phase electricity. Next week we should have the water plumbed into…
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Update No.9 14th May 2016
A productive week. We have been in London & Kent at various meetings, we have been deciding on packaging & bottles, also meeting super secret botanical geeks!;-) The builders have laid all the internal drains and have started working on the upper floor. They have also started digging channels for services! The hotel has…
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Update No.8 9th May 2016
We are still here! Everything has been progressing very well here in Dornoch. Drains are being laid this week and the 1st floor is also being worked on – new shiny steel beams to support some fermentation capacity and CLT’s on the 1st floor! Dornoch Castle has been very busy with lot’s of whisky…
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Update No.7 20th April 2016
Wow! What a crazy month! We want to thank everyone for the wonderful support we have received so far. We are completely and utterly humbled by everyone who has decided to financially support us via the various crowd funding tiers – we have only 45 Octaves left! There has been support from all over the…