It’s January again! I cannot believe that I started this blog last year and I’ve pretty much kept up to date with it. Delighted with myself 😊. January always brings with it Burns Night (25th January) and Australia Day (26th January) and of course tales of our Scottish life and life down under. Just before […]
Orkney is a great place to live, (and visit!) if you love festivals 😊 This month has seen the 32nd annual Orkney International Science Festival www.oisf.org. When our children were younger, I used to take them to the science festival family day each year. The year we launched our ‘Sea Glass Gin’ and ‘Into the […]
Summer fun…but where’s Orkney’s sun!! Whilst the rest of the UK are basking in a heat wave, it’s not quite like that up here in Orkney! The Orkney Islands is an archipelago in the northern isles of Scotland and we very much have our own micro climate. Even on the same day the islands weather […]
The Royal Highland Show – We’re back!! So, although I like to write my blog and have it posted for the beginning of the month, that didn’t quite happen in June! But as they say – “Better late than never!” Shows and exhibitions are a great way of getting your brand known across the country […]
Whisky, whisky everywhere and not a drop to drink…. At least not yet! Celebrating World Whisky Day on 21st May, we thought this might be a great time to share with you are whisky plans for our Orkney Distillery. Since the creation of Deerness Distillery back in 2015, we have always had our sights on […]
With April being National Pet Month, I thought it would be a great time to introduce you to the rest of our family – the non-human kind! Stuart and I have always had cats, sharing our first flat in Brighton we looked after my family cat – Buttons, a beautiful tabby, when she was pregnant. […]
Like furnishing a new house, choosing the new equipment for our fresh new distillery was equally as exciting and with as many options! After careful consideration we settled on three traditional copper alembic stills. Originally the word ‘alembic’ was from the Greek word ‘Ambix’, this meant a vase with a small opening. The vase was […]
When we were younger (much younger, this was about 25 years ago!) Stuart and I were ‘courting’ at Brighton University, he was studying engineering whilst I was studying pharmacy. With Valentines Day around the corner and on a tight budget we didn’t often get each other gifts, but would give a card, bake a […]
