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1st June 2018
As we’ve continued our experiments in single malt whisky we have begun to narrow down a little towards a house style… maybe less of a consistent style and more like several threads that we are running through our new make. All our spirit has a high density and texture. We reckoned this was coming from…
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28th September 2017
We are still here! Our apologies for the lack of content on the news feed over the past couple of months. We were kindly reminded to put an update on-line by world famous dentist and Ajax fan Mr Van Gils. It has been a crazy couple of months! We have been incredibly busy at Dornoch…
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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.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…
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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 4 3rd March 2016. D-Day. Crowd fund Dornoch Distillery
And they’re off. Crowdfunder launched With the building warrant coming in this week we are allowed to start construction work converting the old Dornoch fire station, built in 1881, to the Dornoch Distillery. Thanks for your patience. A campaign went live this morning on a Scottish based crowd funding platform. We had to…