August at the Distillery (Gold Medals and lots of paint)

After our success at the IWSC and receiving our gold medal.

J Gow spiced rum gold outstanding medal rum and ginger beer

Our spiced rum was shortlisted for Best Distilled Drink at the Highlands and Islands Food and Drink Awards. We’re up against some world class competition, but overwhelmed to have got this far, especially in our first year. The winners will be announced at the award ceremony on the 5th of October.

https://www.hifoodanddrinkawards.com/shortlist/

Painting

The warm weather finally gave us time to tackle painting the distillery.

j gow rum distillery before

A much needed task, we wanted it to look less farm shed, more rum distillery.

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The giant hand cut stencils were fun in the wind.

j gow rum distillery being painted

Much nicer with the ledge painted too, but we had to add a splash of teal.

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Very happy with the results. More class, less shed.

j gow rum distillery painted and finished