Address
32A Old Pentland Road
Edinburgh
EH10 7EA
United Kingdom
Edinburgh
EH10 7EA
United Kingdom
Status: Operational
Established: 2017
Visitor Policy: Not generally accessible
Tel: +44 (0)131 445 5888
Website: http://www.theoldcuriosity.co.uk
Originally named The Old Curiosity Distillery and established in October 2017 by Scottish herbologist, Hamish Martin and his business partner Steve Ross, the distillery is housed in a converted barn within the Secret Garden, a 7.5-acreo herb garden at the foot of the Pentland Hills on the outskirts of Edinburgh, also owned by Hamish. The garden boasts 600 naturally grown and tendered varieties of herb - not to mention the UK's biggest crop of apothecary roses.
Many of the botanicals used to flavour and indeed colour the gins made at The Old Curiosity Distillery are hand-picked from the gardens where they are grown without the use of any chemicals (not even organic ones). These are distilled with neutral spirit in a 100 litre alembic still and a smaller 20 litre still.
