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Update No.22 1st March 2017
We have been busy – Honest! What a crazy few months in Dornoch! We have been pushing on with creating the ‘Experimental’ Batches of Gin. There has been a lot of experimenting, production modifications, cuts, bruises, burns and various achy bits. We would not change it for the world! Progress may seem slow, however as…
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Update No.21 23rd December 2016
Hello and festive greetings to everyone! Since being granted our licence earlier in the month we have been mashing, running fermentations and experimental distillations on the column still. However, we have been waiting on the gas installation. This took a little longer than expected, but we are almost ready to fire up the wash still….…
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Update No.18 26th August 2016
He must have got in at Calais… Hello everyone, our apologies for the delay in this post. I can promise, we have been incredibly busy. Trying to start a distillery when you have a hotel and it’s the busiest time of the year is, well, let’s just say it’s been slightly stressful…. On a more…
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Update No.17 10th August 2016
The professor at work – compounding some of our botanicals… Stairway…. or ladder to heaven Busy is an understatement…. We have not ignoring our blogging duties, we have been extremely busy trying to get the Distillery up to speed as well as keeping the hotel and whisky bar ticking over during a busy July &…
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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.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…