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    • 2022 - a year in numbers

    Awards won - 8 Kilos of berries and Heather harvested - 2 Tastings - 524 Bespoke Bottle Design - 1 New Downpour flavour - 1 Casks sold - 60 Seconds for casks to sell - 89 Tonnes of barley harvested - 2 New team members - 3 Bars opened - 1 Downpours served - 893 Visitors to Nunton - 16584 Dispatches sent - 18 - to 11,661 Subscribers Stills ordered - 3 Feet of Fragile tape used - 3772 Paper cuts treated - 278 Bottles refilled at Nunton - 310 Espressos drunk - 1387 Espressos drunk by Jonny - 1072 Bottles filled by hand - 40374 Five star reviews - 453 Reviews comparing Downpour to a lady’s handbag - 1 (reads ‘Not enough juniper or ‘gin’ flavour for my taste. It was too flowery and lemony, more like the inside of a lady’s handbag’) Babies due in 2023 - 3

    It has been a fantastic year for us here at North Uist Distillery, with awards won, a bespoke bottle launched, a new flavour featured by the Craft Gin Club, a huge number of visitors to Nunton and as always, an unprecedented amount of gin sent out! 

    Here's to 2023, and all of the exciting developments it will bring! 

    Slàinte. 

     

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