Paul Miller; Hi Paul and Liz, I thought it was 12.30? Sorry Paul we were delayed (by an hour!!! Liz says it was Paul’s fault, usual story), anyhow it was fine. A quick show round was called for, it had been a good few months since I was there (Paul) so high time to see the updated story. Things have been happening, not quite finished but it is a lot bigger/better than last time. During our tour with Paul (M) – this is getting confusing here with two Pauls, so Paul Mc will become Sean for this story. During our tour with Paul, there was a group in taking a tour with Kevan (manager) and a lot of beers were set up for the tasting, gin too (Shona set these up). Paul talked us through new developments and things to come, eventually getting to the office for a sit down and a taste – love gin! Aye, a new gin, pink, aimed at Valentines day I think, but very different. And so to some questions;

Sean; Casks; can anyone buy one? Paul; yes they can, anyone can be a private owner of their own cask, what happens, they come along, make the spirit with us and fill their own cask, standard casks are Octave French/USA oak @ 50 litres, approx. 80 bottles. They can finish how they wish and the cask will mature a few miles from the Old Course in St Andrews. Sean, anyone wanting details email me at paul@mcleanscotland.com

Special new make releases; The team have distilled and will be distilling using 3 very different malted barley types to create 3 unique single malt spirits on 3 very important Scottish dates. Each of these batches of 396 bottles will be released under the headings of the Eden.Mill   St Andrews Day Single Malt Spirit using pale malt, Hogmanay Single Malt Spirit using pale malt and chocolate malt, Robert Burns Day Single Malt Spirit using pale malt, crystal malt and brown malt. Each release of just 320 – 346 bottles will guarantee the purchaser the opportunity to by the same malt as a 1 year old, and as a 2 year old, and ultimately when it first becomes single malt scotch Whisky as a 3 years and 1 day old. With bottles released at just £35 per 50cl bottle at 50 abv strength in unique numbered ceramic bottles, we imagine the first and second releases will be sold out very quickly. ANY LEFT TO BUY? Very few! Although I have one (Sean) of the Burns bottles, a Christmas pressie from Shona.

Tour the craft distillery and brewery and you´ll see: guys crafting the best beer, gins and whisky. By the end of your tour, you´ll have had an inside track of why and how they do what they do. And you´ll see parts of the brewery not normally available to the public. Want a tour – ask Liz to set it up lix@mcleanscotland.com

Pretty soon they will be up and running with the whisky room, and the gin room. Plus many more great inspiring ideas yet to be developed. A new website is coming soon, join the beer club, the spirits club, get a gold card, buy a cask.

Liz & Paul are the owners of   http://www.mcleanscotland.com/   Paul Miller is a Director of Eden.

Paul