Bruichladdich Islay Gin

[JAB]

Does this go under Islay Whisky News or just Islay News? Well, the topic isn't really whisky, even though it is an Islay distillery.

Some people were convinced it was an April fools when Mark Reynier wrote about the Gin Genie on the, you guessed it, first of April.

If you remember a while back Jim McEwan secured a lomond still nicknamed Ugly Betty. This is the still that they are using to make their gin.



From an article posted in the herald -

"The Bruichladdich Distillery, famed for its smoky and peaty malts, is to craft a gin after discovering old recipes and an experimental still. The distillation will begin next week using botanicals from around the island. The distillery researched historical methods and found that botanticals were used to flavour "usquebaugh"? in the middle ages. Mark Reynier, chief executive of Bruichladdich, said: "Research we did showed that in medieval times what we know as whisky was very often flavoured with local botanicals. That's partly because they were very bad at distilling and they were trying to make it taste better. "They flavoured it with whatever was at hand and we found old documents which showed that juniper was used, and bog myrtle and heather tops. "Having researched it, we found that here on Islay there are more than 20 different botanticals that we can use."? Jim McEwan, Bruichladdich's production director, will be responsible for the distillation of the first gin to be made on the island, after learning the process from a firm in England. He said: "I created a recipe which I think is going to be superb: fresh, citrus flavours and an easy, effervescent drink. "I wanted to bring in the beautiful flavours of Islay."?

[Mark]

There was also a piece posted last week on the Bruichladdich gin in the whisky news section in the main part of this site.

www.scotchmaltwhisky.co.uk/bruichladdichgin.htm

I believe there are a few distilleries that also produce gin. I have never had the taste for it, in fact i would say it is a spirit i truley hate.

[Acker]

I am the same Mark, i cant take gin, it is not to my taste at all. Although it must be picking up in popularity if the whisky makers are getting into it.