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Floating Kirk Scottish Gin from The Strontian Distillery features a range of classic gin botanicals alongside aniseed, black pepper and sugar kelp seaweed, capturing the essence of the sea, coast, loch and shore.
The inspiration for Floating Kirk Scottish Gin was inspired by the church that was moored on Arnastang Bay. Landowners refused to let the locals use the existing church buildings when the Free Church split from the Church of Scotland in 1843. The solution was the local community banded together and paid to have a church on a floating platform built by a shipbuilder on the river Clyde.
Tasting Notes
Flavours
Nose
Aromatic aromas of rich aniseed are balanced with hints of the ocean and coast.
Taste
Juniper and earthy notes merge with fresh aniseed and spicy black pepper with some earthy herbaceous notes, citrus and hints of saline.
Finish
Balanced with elements of warming spices and sweet herbs with a clean, crisp coastal note.
How to enjoy this gin
A slice of grapefruit, tonic and ice.
About The Strontian Distillery
The Strontian Distillery was founded by husband and wife team Graeme and Vicki Aitken, who moved from Scotland’s east coast to the village of Strontian on the shores of Loch Sunart in 2020. Inspired by the area’s dramatic landscape, folklore and history, the couple launched their gin brand in 2024. Working with Lost Loch Distillery to develop their recipes, they created a core range of four Scottish gins - Ariundle, Nose of the Fairy Hill, Floating Kirk and SR38 - each inspired by local landmarks, stories and the four elements of air, earth, fire and water that shape the surrounding Highland environment.
Production
Currently The Strontian Distillery develops its gin recipes in collaboration with the team at Lost Loch Distillery. Each gin is built on a classic juniper-led structure, with carefully selected botanicals chosen to reflect the character and stories of the Strontian area. The recipes were developed to represent the four elements of air, earth, fire and water, which underpin the brand’s core range. Following distillation, the gins are blended, reduced to bottling strength and packaged with labels and designs created in collaboration with local Highland artisans.
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