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My Week in 5 Pictures: Go behind the stills at Great Glen Distillery in Drumnadrochit

Great Glen Distillery is Scotland's smallest craft distillery. Image: Sandy McCook / DC Thomson
Great Glen Distillery is Scotland's smallest craft distillery. Image: Sandy McCook / DC Thomson

Nestled away in Drumnadrochit is Scotland’s smallest and newest craft batch distillery.

Great Glen Distillery sources natural and local ingredients to create its gins – balancing honeysuckle, Scottish heather, Red Sorrel and Frankincense.

The distillery’s offering includes its classic Great Glen Gin, a pink version and a newer Inverness Gin.

Simone Peter is brand ambassador and trainee distiller at Great Glen. Image: Simone Peter

The distillery will be open for visitors in Spring, but Simone Peter, a brand ambassador and trainee distiller gave us a sneak peek into what life at Great Glen looks like before then.

The bottle machine at Great Glen Distillery filling bottles. Image: Simone Peter

A usual day in our busy distillery involves the whole team bottling, labelling and packaging bottles of our small batch gin.

The 200 litre still at Great Glen producing gin. Image: Simone Peter

Long nights studying while the gin is making its way through the still.

Simone at Scotland’s Trade Show. Image: Simone Peter

Every week of our calendar features a trade show, event or tasting for me to attend, I love meeting customers and introducing them to our product.

Simone enjoys drinking gin as much as she enjoys making it. Image: Simone Peter

On my days off I usually enjoy a nice meal out followed by a cocktail or two. My favourite is a bramble, made with Inverness Gin of course.

Simone on a hill walk with her partner. Image: Simone Peter

Any other spare time I have is spent with my partner going on adventures or somewhere exciting together.

Find out more about Great Glen Distillery on Facebook, Instagram and at greatglendistillery.co.uk.

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