King's Hill Gin

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He says “I noted the fragrance from the gorse flowers as something really quite special, as the year went on the gorse fragrance was replaced with an equally strong Heather fragrance. I was amazed at the array of beautiful ingredients right on our doorstep over-looking the capital. This is where my gin-producing journey was born!”

And now, displayed in this gorgeous bottle, we love it even more. * Adds King’s Hill to shopping list*King’s Hill HQ has been a little quieter than normal over the past few weeks as we built up and prepared for this momentous occasion, although we still managed to squeeze in a cheeky little bespoke run for our big day, Dad’s Homegrown Red Gooseberry Gin Liqueur. This cherry red delight proved to be massively popular, once Dad’s Gooseberry bush (and the baby one he gifted to me) grow up big and strong, we will let all you guys have a wee taste…perhaps a limited-edition anniversary release. I enjoyed King’s Hill gin with FeverTree Mediterranean tonic and a slice of lemon. The lighter tonic works with the sweetness in the gin for a refreshing gin and tonic perfect for summer ? Sandy said: “Undoubtedly after one too many ales (or gins, who knows!) Sir William St Clair proclaimed that he had seen a white stag scampering around the King’s Pentland estate and that he would bet his own head that he could capture the animal before the King.

Optimism is the most important human trait, because it allows us to evolve our ideas, to improve our situation, and to hope for a better tomorrow.”Colour –The beautiful blue hue on our bottle fading out to clear is representative of the fresh, clear water we use from Glencorse reservoir in our Gin, the slopes of King’s Hill run all the way to the edge of this reservoir. The Pentland Still Company can be found at the foot of Edinburgh’s Pentland Hills (naturally), founded by Sandy Morrison in 2017. Sandy painstakingly and lovingly distils every bottle of King’s Hill Gin there, using locally foraged botanicals such as Rosehip, Heather, Gorse and Elderflower and the result is an amazingly smooth gin that is deep and full of character. The beautiful blue hue on our bottle fading out to clear is representative of the fresh, clear water we use from Glencorse reservoir in our Gin, the slopes of King’s Hill run all the way to the edge of this reservoir. The copper embellishment on the front that's bashed out with our logo is is representative of our hand bashed copper pot still “Marion” – named after my late grandmother. Founded in 2017, King’s Hill Gin is the first spirit from The Pentland Still, which hints at more to come…