Baile nan Cailleach, Steadings Benbecula HS7 5LU, Scotland Uk
Downpour Amazing Heart Scottish Gin
Downpour Amazing Heart Scottish Gin
Our Story North Uist Dis-tillery
Downpour Gin
WE’RE KATE & JONNY AND IT’S GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE.
We started North Uist Distillery in 2019, the result of a long held dream to build a vibrant new distillery on our island home.
As islanders, both of our families have long held ties to the area – earning a living from both land & sea. We wanted to honour this proud tradition whilst also creating something exciting and new, looking for a way that we could create new employment opportunities, attract more visitors to the Outer Hebrides and bring back Whisky production to the place we both were born.
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Everything we do at North Uist Distillery Co. is inspired by our beautiful island surroundings. A keen surfer, one of Jonny’s main driving forces for running his own business was to be able to take a break and go surfing whenever the waves are good.
For me (hello, I’m Kate) I love nothing more than diving into the sea for some open water swimming – the perfect way to blast the cobwebs away. Having both grown up on the island we know that our surroundings are important.
For us, it’s all about making a good life for yourself and for others too and that’s exactly what we aim to do here. That’s why people are such a big part of our story and integral to all that we do. The humble & hard working nature of island life inspires us to be the best in all that we do while never forgetting to enjoy the journey along the way.
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When we took ownership of our brand new distillery building at Nunton Steadings on Benbecula, we were very aware of what an important part it had played in the lives of many islanders throughout the years and we are very proud to be the new custodians and hopefully continue the rich tradition of island stories by adding some of our own as the years progress.
It means a lot to us when people take an interest in what we do, and one of the best ways to do that is by signing up for our Island Dispatch email newsletter which we send out around every 3 weeks (sometimes more, sometimes less!) which keeps you up to date with some of the stories from our distillery and island life in general from North Uist, South Uist, Benbecula & beyond.
Thanks for taking an interest in our distillery and for joining us on our journey. It truly does mean a lot.
Slàinte
Kate & Jonny
Downpour Amazing Heart Scottish Gin
DOWNPOUR GIN
£ 42.00
Downpour Amazing Heart Scottish Gin
PREMIUM DOWNPOUR CRAFT GIN FROM NORTH UIST DISTILLERY Co.
Citrus, spice and a punch of wild Hebridean heather. Our special Scottish Gin is bursting with botanicals, drenching you in big bold flavours you can taste in every drop.
70cl | Alcohol 46% Vol
MAKE IT RAIN
Say hello to Downpour Scottish Dry Gin. Citrus, spice and blossoms of wild Hebridean heather. Our special Scottish Gin is bursting with botanicals, drenching you in big bold flavours you can taste in every drop.
UNLEASH THE FLAVOUR CLOUD
Clear in the bottle, cloudy in the glass. Downpour gin bursts into life with a splash of tonic, releasing essential oils from specially selected botanicals, drenching you in island flavour.
DOWNPOUR SCOTTISH DRY GIN
Grab a glass
Pour over ice
Add a citrus twist
Partner with a premium tonic
Add a fresh sprig of Rosemary
For special occasions finish
with wild Heather.
Downpour Amazing Heart Scottish Gin
GET THE GIN IN
There’s lots of tasty gin based treats (along with our legendary Downpour T Shirts) available 24/7 from our online store.
DOWNPOUR COAST & CROFT GIN
£42.00
With wild thyme from the croft and pepper dulse seaweed from our rocky Hebridean shores, Downpour Coast & Croft Gin is the perfect expression of island life, island flavour, and island spirit.
Downpour Amazing Heart Scottish Gin
PREMIUM DOWNPOUR CRAFT GIN FROM NORTH UIST DISTILLERY Co.
A citrus forward gin, with a vibrant nose and wild umami sea to finish. Pepper dulse seaweed from the coast and wild thyme from the croft. Downpour Coast & Croft is a big, bold gin with botanicals you can taste in every drop. A G&T that is drenched in island flavour.
70cl | Alcohol 40% Vol
Downpour Amazing Heart Scottish Gin
DOWNPOUR PINK GRAPEFRUIT GIN
£42.00
Downpour Amazing Heart Scottish Gin
PREMIUM DOWNPOUR PINK GRAPEFRUIT GIN FROM NORTH UIST DISTILLERY Co.
This zesty edition of Downpour Gin brings you big bold flavours of pink grapefruit you can taste in every drop.
70cl | Alcohol 40% Vol
DOWNPOUR SLOE & BRAMBLE GIN
£42.00
Downpour Amazing Heart Scottish Gin
PREMIUM SLOE & BRAMBLE CASK AGED GIN FROM NORTH UIST DISTILLERY Co.
Sloe berries and Uist brambles are added to our Downpour Scottish Dry Gin and aged in bourbon casks to create a complex rich fruity flavour.
70cl | Alcohol 31% Vol
DOWNPOUR OAK AGED NEGRONI
£42.00
Downpour Amazing Heart Scottish Gin
PREMIUM DOWNPOUR NEGRONI COCKTAIL FROM NORTH UIST DISTILLERY Co.
Oak aged Downpour Gin infused with vermouth and amaro. A bold cocktail of sweet and bitter flavours. Pre-mixed and ready to pour over ice.
70cl | Alcohol 27% Vol
Downpour Gin Tasting
Tour and Tasting
Location
Nunton Steadings, Nunton, Isle of Benbecula, HS7 5LU
Cost:
£25.00 per person
Duration:
1h 15min
Schedule:
Monday to Saturday
About this experience
Join us at our Nunton Steadings Visitor Centre to learn about Downpour Gin, botanicals, the distillation process, recipe development, our distillery and island life. Including a walk through tour of our historical site at Nunton Steadings taking in the history and our future plans for the building. Please note that our production site at Bayhead is currently not open to the public and we have no working stills on site at Nunton Steadings. Production will be moving to Nunton Steadings in summer 2024.
Downpour Amazing Heart Scottish Gin
- Adult Tasting: 4 x 25ml perfect serves of each of our flavours of Downpour Gin. Pre-poured measures. A 5ml sample of our Oak Aged Negroni cocktail.
- Adult Driving: Choose 2 x 5cl minis and tonics to take home.
- If you change from an adult tasting to an adult driving you must notify us by the previous day as we pre-pour your four measures.
- Children are welcome – please call 01870603792 to book spaces for children to allow us to add in extra seating.
- Dogs are welcome – please contact us to let us know in advance so we can arrange the seating appropriately.
- Please note that we require a minimum of four people to run a tasting. If we don’t meet this minimum we will get in touch to rearrange or organise an informal sampling at the bar.
- Each ticket comes with a £5 voucher off for any 70cl bottle of Downpour purchased that day.
NUNTON STEADINGS
Built way back in the 1700s, the beautifully historic Nunton Steadings building is the place we call home. Situated in Benbecula, right at the heart of island life, it’s where we proudly bring Whisky production back to our islands.
We’re delighted to be able to welcome visitors to our friendly little distillery shop at Nunton Steadings. Situated right in the centre of our new home you’ll find a warm island welcome with lots of Downpour gin based treats in store. Join us for a tasting or select some goodies to take away. Whatever you fancy it really would be rather nice to see some of you soon.
Our opening hours vary throughout the year, so ring ahead to check.
A NEW FUTURE FOR OUR HISTORIC HOME
Inspired by the past, we’re looking to the future as we ready our 18th century building for the exciting journey ahead. As we look to bring new employment and industry to our home we’re starting the work to transform Nunton Steadings into a new distillery & visitor centre as we bring whisky back to our islands. Take a look at what we have in store.
THE BELL WILL RING AGAIN
The bell at Nunton was an important signifier of island events. Ringing out for all to hear when something of note happened. The original bell was last rung at the dawn of the new millennium and has remained in careful storage since, awaiting the ideal time to awaken again. And so it is, that we plan this bell will ring again when the first drop of Nunton Whisky is drunk from our steadings building. A fitting way to mark the start of Whisky returning to our islands
A RATHER INTERESTING HISTORY
We’ve all heard the phrase ‘if these walls could talk…’ and in our case it’s something we think about a lot. Dating back to the 1700s our Nunton Steadings has a lot of history, home to many adventures! Here’s just some of the sights our distillery building has seen over the years…
THE NUNNERY
The site where our building sits was originally home to a nunnery way way back in the 1300’s. A long time ago, but some might say that if you sit in silence you could hear some ghostly prayer drafting through the air.
A ROYAL ESCAPE
Legend has it that none other than Bonnie Prince Charlie’s escape was planned from here at Nunton in the aftermath of the Jacobites’ defeat at Culloden. That’s some impressive company to keep, and if he turned up today we’d be sure to get the kettle on.
MOOOO
Thinking of occupants from times past, we are reminded that Nunton Steadings used to be used as a place to store cattle, sheltered safe & sound from the island elements. Don’t worry, they have since mooooved on (sorry)!
WEDDING BELLS
A very many happy couples have celebrated their special day at Nunton, with our distillery home providing the space for newlyweds throughout the years to make a toast to future times and dance the night away with friends and family.
COFFIN MAKERS
Our building has been the setting for births & marriages, so it’s perhaps only fitting that it’s had some dealings with death too. The former home of a coffin maker, Nunton has hosted crafts people of a different kind who ensured that when it was time to go you did so in style.
A LITTLE MILL
We like to think we’re keeping the maker spirit alive following on from those who used the building as a mill. We’ll be using island grains for a slightly different purpose, but we hope the mill owners of times past would be happy that the grain will yet again be put to good use.
NUNTON WHISKY
Our whisky journey begins. Join us as we set out to create some of Scotland’s finest single malts from our new distillery home in Nunton Steadings.
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