Wild. Foraged. Distilled

Conceived, distilled and handcrafted at Bruichladdich Distillery on Islay.

The Botanist is a gin of layered complexity. A progressive exploration of the botanical heritage of our Isle of Islay.

22 hand-foraged local botanicals delicately augment nine berries, barks, seeds and peels during an achingly slow distillation.

The first and only Islay Dry Gin is a rare expression of the heart and soul of our remote Scottish Island Home.

Although distilled at a distillery better known for Scotch (Bruichladdich) and in a region of the world better known for Scotch (the Southern reaches of the Hebridean islands), The Botanist Gin is no Islay Scotch.

Rather, The Botanist Gin is an exploration of Hebridean flora.

In 2011, the Bruichladdich distillery was still rather unusual. Foraged botanicals are commonplace in gins that make a statement of place. Of the massive 31 botanicals in The Botanist, a full twenty-two of them are locally foraged and they range from the quotidian (spearmint) to the hardy, weedy, and unusual in gin (yellow bedstraw).