Our Gin Blog

In March this year we began our international search to find some of the world’s most talented mixologists, and we’re delighted to announce that a bartender from the U.K and a bartender from the U.S have been crowned the winners of the 10-year-switch. Elysa McGuire, from Leeds, a talented bartender from inner-city establishment, Below Stairs, was named as the official U.K winn ...

Our favourite day of the year is rolling around very soon! Rejoice, get your freezer stocked with ice and your cocktail shakers ready because Saturday 3 rd of August is International Scottish Gin Day. The themed day is a celebration of all things gin (as you might imagine) – tasting gin, pairing gin, learning more about gin and of course enjoying gin. The event was established ...

Gin and jam – not the most likely duo but some of the best food combinations are the most unlikely ones (chocolate in your chilli anyone?). If you’re a regular reader of our blog, you’ll know that we like to share some deliciously intriguing gin and food pairings from time to time and recipes that are maybe a bit different to the norm (using Caorunn of course), and since it’s ...

Just in time for World Gin Day (8^th June), we are thrilled to announce that we are launching our highest strength gin yet: Caorunn Highland Strength. We’re also rather proud to share this brand new expression has even secured a Double Gold  medal in this year’s International Spirits Challenge!

In celebration of our 10th Birthday we're offering you and a friend the experience of a lifetme in New York City. You and a friend will learn to mix like a pro in a cocktail making masterclass in the centre of Times Square, before having drinks professionally created for you at a top rooftop bar, offering fantastic views over Manhattan. Explore the city at your leisure and ...

To mark our upcoming 10-year-anniversary, we're launching our very first flavoured gin today: Caorunn Scottish Raspberry (and it's definitely #NotPink!)

The arrival of Spring brings new life, blue skies, late sunsets and the chance to get outside again after what seems like a period of never-ending hibernation. This is the time of year when the world comes out to play again and nothing brings people together line some food and sunshine which is why we’re going big on celebrating National Picnic Day. Picnics bring all the eleme ...

Cast your mind back to Mother’s Days gone by – what do you remember? Tissue paper flowers with pipe cleaner stems? Gluey cards with glittery designs?  A little clay bowl with a mixture of your ornate pencil carvings and smudged thumbprints? The excitement of hiding your piece of craft, lovingly constructed at your school desk until that lovely moment when you could throw your a ...

We’re celebrating our 10 Year Anniversary by launching an International cocktail competition, the 10 Year Switch. As the world’s first and only gin to be handcrafted with locally foraged botanicals in a Scottish whisky distillery using a Copper Berry Chamber, we have today launched an international cocktail competition, the 10 Year Switch, to celebrate our 10-year anniversary.

As the years go by trends, and sometimes how we celebrate certain occasions change.  The essence of many things stays the same but with a modern outlook applied.  Valentine’s Day is no exception.  No longer is Valentine’s Day about celebrating “romantic love” as it was when first observed back in the third century.  It’s about more than your significant other, 2010 saw the sta ...