The Isle of Harris Distillery
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you won’t have escaped the seemingly unstoppable rise of Scottish gin.
One brand that seems to encapsulate the ethos of championing not just local produce but a sense of community is the Isle of Harris Gin, in that very distinctive blue bottle, used, when empty, for a variety of different purposes, including many restaurants for serving table water as evidenced by our own editor on more than one occasion.
The Isle of Harris Distillery, or the Social Distillery as it is often referred to, was opened in October 2015, in the small harbor village of Tarbert, the vision of Anderson ‘Burr’ Bakewell, a man who has been connected to the island for many years.
New Non-Alcoholic Spirit Wilderton Launches
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Portland, Ore. – Driven by a desire to shift what’s possible in Non-Alcoholic drinks, Founder Brad Whiting created Wilderton, a collection of non-alcoholic, gluten free, and zero calorie spirits made with a unique approach to flavor and aroma. Grounded in an obsession with nature and made by hand in the heart of the Pacific Northwest, Wilderton is a new start in drinks, not a substitute. Wilderton’s expressions the bold, spicy, smoky Earthen and the bright, floral, citrusy Lustre offer provocative flavor combinations free from the confines of alcohol.
Founder Brad Whiting, a spirits industry veteran in Oregon, longed for drink options that could evoke the taste and feel of a traditional spirit but that paired better with an active lifestyle. Seth O’Malley, an expert distiller, had a passion for botanicals and was feeling constrained by the limited flavors celebrated in alcoholic spirits. The two found an instant conn