The south of Scotland spent a long time with no legal distilling at all, which makes the recent run of openings here feel like something being put right. The Borders mill towns and the Galloway forest and coast are both doing it now, and both are considerably easier to reach from England than anywhere else on this site.
Distilleries in Borders & the South West
Every one with a still house in the region.
The Borders Distillery
Hawick, Scottish Borders
The first legal distillery in the Scottish Borders since 1837, in a restored Victorian electrical works in Hawick.
William Kerr's Borders GinLilliard Gin
Jedburgh, Scottish Borders
A small Borders distillery at Jedburgh, named after the figure from the Battle of Ancrum Moor, working with hedgerow botanicals from the Teviot valley.
Lilliard GinKelso Gin Company
Kelso, Scottish Borders
A small Borders producer in Kelso with an unusually wide range, including botanicals like lovage and dead nettle that almost nobody else bothers with.
Crow Man's Gin, Kelso Rhubarb GinGalloway Distillery
Newton Stewart, Galloway
A purpose-built distillery outside Newton Stewart, making its own base spirit from Scottish wheat and using noble fir needles gathered in the Galloway forest. It traded as Crafty Distillery until it took the Galloway name.
Hills & Harbour GinDalton Distillery
Dalton, Dumfriesshire
A small Dumfriesshire distillery, one of a handful bringing distilling back to the south west.
Oro GinSolway Spirits
Cummertrees, Dumfriesshire
On the Solway coast at Cummertrees, near Annan, looking across the firth to England.
Solway Classic GinOther regions
- HighlandsWild. Bold. Unforgettable.
- IslandsDistinctive. Coastal. Pure.
- Speyside & MorayElegant. Refined. Complex.
- Aberdeenshire & the North EastGranite, estate and coast.
- Angus, Dundee & PerthshireField to bottle.
- FifeThe quiet giant.
- Edinburgh & the LothiansHistoric. Creative. Distinctive.
- Glasgow, Argyll & the WestCity stills and sea lochs.