The Stillhouse Wyndales Old Mill, Biggar ML12 6HX, UK
Biggar Gin Fine product of great small batch
About
We are a family business started and owned by two brothers, nestled at the foot of the Tinto Hills in South Lanarkshire.
Biggar Gin is a product of our small batch philosophy, where tradition and innovation meet, all grounded in a strong sense of place and community.
While our flagship product, Biggar Gin, has earned acclaim, we’ve grown to produce a wide range of award-winning spirits. Our craft extends beyond gin to include premium rums, vodka, and other small-batch creations.
Each spirit is crafted with the same Biggar Mentality
What is Biggar mentality?
Biggar mentality is all about a small scale, rare, batch philosophy that reflects a passion, ambition and taste which is big. From our home at the foot of the Tinto Hills by the Scottish town of Biggar local botanicals have inspired us to think big. Our local town has always welcomed innovation while respecting its past. It punches above its weight.
We hope you agree that Biggar Gin does too.
Original Recipe Biggar Gin
Our Original Recipe Biggar Gin is our flagship product, produced in batches of no more than 140 bottles at a time. Winner of the London Dry Gin Category of the Gin Guide Awards 2018, Biggar Gin is a very smooth and well balanced spirit.
Style: London Dry
ABV: 43% ABV
Available bottle sizes: 5cl, 20cl, 50cl, 70cl
Botanicals: Including juniper, coriander seeds, cardamom, cassia bark, orange, lemon, rosehip, rowan berries, nettles, pink peppercorn, lavender
Perfect serves
We tend to serve our Original gin with an original tonic water – something like Cushiedoos tonic is not too overpowering and lets the taste of the gin shine through. We garnish with a little fresh orange peel and plenty of large ice cubes.
Popular cocktail servers are The White Lady and the Biggar Tea Smash.
Tasting Notes
Nose: Mellow, aromatic citrus with a hint of hedgerows marrying with gentle spice.
Palate: Smooth and initially sweet on the palate followed by an almost creamy juniper and citrus burst.
Finish: Complex but smooth spice cooled by notes of lavender and rounded out by woody cassia.
Awards and commendations
- Winner of The Gin Guide London Dry Gin Category 2018
- Bronze medal in the London Spirits Competition in 2020
- Overall winner of the Scottish Field Gin Challenge 2021 in the over £35 category
- Great Taste Awards 1 star medal in 2020 and 2021
Biggar Strength Gin
Our Biggar Strength Gin is our high strength addition to the Biggar Gin range. An ideal addition to the drinks cabinet of the budding mixologist, or for those that just like their gin and tonic to pack a bigger punch.
Style: Navy Strength
ABV: 57% ABV
Available bottle sizes: 5cl, 70cl
Botanicals: Including juniper, coriander seeds, hawthorne berry, cardamom, cassia bark, orange, lemon, rosehip, nettles, pink peppercorn, lavender
Awards and commendations
- Awarded a Gold Oustanding from the IWSC with a score of 98 / 100 – the highest joint score out of 1100 gins worldwide.
- Silver medal in the London Spirits Competition in 2020
- Bronze medal in the Scottish Field Gin Challenge 2021 in the over £35 category
- Great Taste Awards 3 star medal in 2022
Biggar Old Tom Gin
Our Old Tom Recipe is our latest product, produced in batches of no more than 140 bottles at a time. Winner of the bronze medal at The Scottish Gin Awards 2023, our Old Tom Gin is the perfect gin for the budding mixologist or those who don’t necessarily go for a dry gin.
Style: Old Tom
ABV: 43% ABV
Available bottle sizes: 5cl, 20cl, 70cl
Botanicals: Including juniper, coriander seeds, liquorice root, marshmallow root, cassia bark, orange, rosehip, lavender
Awards and commendations
- Bronze medal in the Scottish Gin Awards 2023 shortly after launching
Herbaceous Recipe Gin
Our Original Herbaceous Biggar Gin is a new permanent addition to the product range, produced in batches of no more than 140 bottles at a time. The Herbaceous Recipe moves away from the citrus-forward profile of our other core products. It introduces botanicals such as lemon verbena, sage, clivers herb, dandelion root and elderflower to the more traditional botanicals such as juniper, coriander seed, pink peppercorn, orris root.
Style: London Dry
ABV: 43% ABV
Available bottle sizes: 5cl, 20cl, 70cl
Botanicals: Including juniper, coriander seeds, cassia bark, orange, lemon verbena, rosehip, rowan berries, nettles, pink peppercorn, lavender, rosemary, sage, cleavers herb
We recommend you serve your Biggar Gin with premium tonic water.
Clyde Valley Plum Recipe Gin
Clyde Valley Plum Recipe is a limited edition seasonal gin. Biggar Gin is infused post distillation with rich, sweet plums grown exclusively in the Clyde Valley in South Lanarkshire. The gin still delivers the classic Biggar Gin profile with the addition of lovely bursts of melt in the mouth fresh, ripe plums, delivering a bitter sweet taste
Style: Flavoured
ABV: Varies per batch
Available bottle sizes: 5cl, 70cl
Botanicals: Including juniper, coriander seeds, cardamom, cassia bark, orange, , rosehip, nettles, Clyde Valley plums
Perfect serves
We tend to serve our Original gin with premium Ginger Ale for a sweeter serve.
Popular cocktail servers are The Plum Bees Knees and a Plum Gin Negroni.
The Stillhouse, home of the range of Biggar Spirits, located at the foot of the Tinto Hills in the Southern Uplands.
The Stillhouse, home of the range of Biggar Spirits, located at the foot of the Tinto Hills in the Southern Uplands.
Work on the distillery began in 2019, surrounded by great local botanicals and housing two traditional copper pot stills.Now you can enjoy a guided behind the scenes tour of the Distillery
About The Tour
Enjoy a guided behind the scenes tour of The Stillhouse, home of the range of Biggar Spirits, located at the foot of the Tinto Hills in the Southern Uplands and see how we use traditional distilling techniques that stretch back hundreds of years, to handcraft our award-winning spirits.
Standard tours run twice daily every Thursday and Friday with start times at 11:00 and again at 14:00. The tour lasts approximately 90 minutes.
You will receive a perfect serve of one of our spirits on arrival. The tour will be followed by a tasting of three core spirits and one of our experimental recipes.
Cost of the tour is £20 per person.
There are 6 spaces available on each tour and each participant must be aged 15 years or older.
We also run the occasional 2 hour distillery tour focussing on Mixology – for more information please contact us on info@biggargin.com
2023 tours run from 8th June 2023 to 27th October 2023. For further information please contact us at info@biggargin.com
Biggar Gin Fine product of great small batch
Easy Gin Cocktails | 5 You Can Try at Home
27 August 2024
Put the tonic water back in the fridge and enjoy this fantastic spirit in some easy gin cocktails.
Here are 5 of our favourites you can make at home:
- The Negroni
- The Bramble
- The Tom Collins
- The Gin Martini
- The Gin Mojito
The Negroni
Profile
No cocktail list is complete without the Negroni – especially not an ‘easy gin cocktails’ one! It’s a classic aperitif that’s as good at the start of a night as it is at the end. It would be time well spent to master the Negroni.
Through a balanced mix of Gin, Sweet Vermouth, and Campari, this simple-sounding drink is much more than the sum of its parts.
Ingredients
You can experiment to taste, but for a starting point, we’d recommend the tried and tested ratio of:
- 25ml Gin (Biggar Original Recipe)
- 25ml Sweet Vermouth (Cocchi works great)
- 25ml Campari (Aperol can be used too)
- Orange Slice or Twist Garnish
Method
Pour your ingredients over ice into a mixing glass and stir until the outside feels nicely chilled. Strain into an old-fashioned or rocks glass over ice (one large sphere or cube if possible) and garnish with a thick slice of orange or an orange twist.
The Bramble
Profile
Originating in 1980s London, the Bramble comprises gin, Crème de Mûre, lemon, and sugar. It’s refreshingly fruity, tastes like it should be sipped in the sunshine, and is a must-try on our easy gin cocktails list.
Ingredients:
- 50ml Gin (Biggar Original Recipe)
- 15ml Crème de Mûre (Giffard or Sisca are options)
- 25ml Fresh Lemon Juice
- 12.5ml Sugar Syrup
- Blackberry & Lemon Garnish
Method
Add your gin, lemon juice and sugar syrup to a shaker and give it what’s for until the glass is nicely chilled. Strain into a tumbler filled with crushed ice, drizzle your Crème de Mûre on the top, then add a blackberry and slice of lemon to garnish.
The Tom Collins
Profile
Maybe the easiest of our easy gin cocktails, but by no means the least enjoyable. Tom Collins puts the ‘class’ in classic and needs only a glass and your ingredients to create.
Ingredients
- 50ml Gin (Biggar Original Recipe)
- 25ml Lemon Juice
- 25ml Sugar Syrup
- 125ml Soda Water
- Lemon Garnish
Method:
Build your gin, lemon juice, sugar syrup, and soda in a tall glass and mix well with ice. Pop in a lemon slice to garnish, and voila.
The Gin Martini
Profile
Simple and sophisticated, the Gin Martini is potentially the best-known (and least appreciated) of our easy gin cocktails. Needing only gin, dry vermouth, and ice to enjoy, it’s a must-try for dinner parties, chilled afternoons, or whenever the mood strikes.
Ingredients
- 50ml Gin (Biggar Original Recipe, or go large with Biggar Strength)
- 10ml Dry Vermouth (Noilly Prat is excellent)
- Lemon Twist Garnish
Method
For the best results, chill your gin in the freezer for 3 hours before, then add the gin and vermouth to a mixing glass with ice. Stir well until the glass is chilled, then give it a taste. If you think it seems too strong, keep stirring until diluted to your liking.
Strain into a chilled martini glass, and add a lemon twist to garnish.
The Gin Mojito
Profile
Roll up your sleeves and get stuck into the perfect summer’s day drink. A refreshing twist on a rum-based classic, the Gin Mojito is the most exotic entry on the easy gin cocktails list.
Ingredients
- 50ml Gin (Biggar Original Recipe or Biggar Herbaceous Recipe)
- 1 Whole Lime
- Demerara Sugar
- Mint Leaves
- Soda Water
Method
Chop a whole lime into wedges and drop into a tall glass. Add a spoonful of demerara sugar on top and muddle well. Take five mint leaves in the palm of your hand and clap to release the minty flavour before dropping them into the glass.
Pour your gin on top, and then add crushed ice until the glass is full. Mix well with a spoon, top up with soda water, and add a sprig of mint to garnish.
If the idea of a mojito without rum doesn’t sit right with you, sub in our Asian Spiced Rum to give yours a refreshing kick.
And there we have it, five easy gin cocktails you can make at home. If you’re feeling more adventurous, check out some of the more bespoke Biggar cocktails on our website.
Cocktails by David Lapsley
09 March 2020
In 2019 David Lapsley, Sommelier Patron at Etive Restaurant in Oban invested lot of time to experiment with Biggar Gin as a base for gin cocktails. You can find a number of these cocktails in our Recipe section. Here’s what David had to say about his time working on his Biggar Gin recipes:
I have really enjoyed working alongside Biggar Gin and sharing some of my favourite cocktails from Etive’s lists and assessing how they worked with Biggar Gin and redeveloping some classics.
I also really enjoyed the new creations for this list. My overall favourite from those new creations would be the Biggar Pink Greyhound because of how it directly connects to Biggar’s branding but also it looks and tastes great and it is one of the easier to replicate for fans of Biggar Gin.
My other favourites which I would be seasonal in my drinking of them are the Gin4Fall in winter and The Biggar”Town” punch in the summer.
I hope you try and recreate the cocktails and develop them further to your own personal taste.
Happy mixing!
