Exploring The Secret To Christmas Gin

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Whether you grew up with one or only read about them in books, secret gardens have always promised a world of possibilities. And there is one such secret garden at the foot of the Pentland Hills on the outskirts of Edinburgh that fulfils some of that promise by not only providing a refuge for nature but also a location to distil gin.

Rooted in nature, Secret Garden Distillery was conceived as a place where nature would not only allow the brand to create liquids, seed to sip, but also inspire everything they do.

To find out more, we talked to Daniel Cunningham from Secret Garden Gin about sustainability, botanicals, and, of course, a little Christmas gin.

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1. Exploring The Secret To Christmas Gin (00:00:00)

2. Now the distillery is well known for creating a garden filled with plants that don't use any chemicals. Why was that so important for you guys? (00:01:31)

3. Are you growing plants soley for the gins, or are you growing botanicals or flowers or things that are far beyond that? (00:03:19)

4. Now, I believe you actually grow your own juniper. (00:04:03)

5. How difficult is it to stick to your mantra of sustainability while also trying to provide enough botanicals that you would need for the stills? (00:05:37)

6. Is the environmental sustainability that you have in the garden taken further into the actual gin production? (00:06:24)

7. For someone who hasn't seen your garden, why don't you walk us through. (00:07:55)

8. Now let's look particularly at the Christmas gin that you guys produce. When did that expression first come off your stills? (00:12:59)

9. Now, when you're producing the Christmas gin, obviously it would be very popular amongst consumers, but is it also an on-trade product? (00:13:39)

10. And is it available in a lot of bars in your area? (00:14:29)

11. Now, what sort of flavours should people expect from the Christmas gin? (00:15:03)

12. Now, how should people use the Christmas gin? (00:15:35)

13. Are there any classic cocktails that the gin works particularly well in? (00:16:25)

14. What do you want people to take away from their experience with the Christmas gin? (00:16:58)

15. Now I imagine your production numbers of the Christmas gin would've increased year by year. How early do you end up making it? (00:18:00)

16. How many bottles are you producing per year? (00:18:42)

17. Now, with those flavours of spice in the Christmas gin that you described, what sort of foods do you think work nicely with it? (00:19:32)

18. Now, if people wanna grab a bottle of the Christmas gin or any of the brands other expressions, where are they available? (00:20:04)

19. And have you, do you export much? (00:20:54)

20. Now, you mentioned the US, which parts of that market are you in, (00:21:34)