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THE DRINKS GO GREEN The Botanist, Islay’s one and only dry gin finally officially launches in Malaysia. WORDS BY GRACE LAI Islay is a land of mystery; of shimmering greens and brilliant blues the colour of cloudless, summer skies. This tiny island houses only over 3,000 inhabitants; but within its glorious land sits some of the the world’s best and active whisky distilleries. From the east to the west you will find the peaty Ardbeg, Lagavulin and Laphroaig; and on the north of the island, Bowmore, Bruichladdich, Caol Ila and Bunnahabhain, which are substantially lighter in taste. Back in 1999, celebrated drinks journalist Dave Broom sat with (just as celebrated) Jim McEwan, Bruichladdich’s former Master Distiller of the Progressive Hebridean Distillers. “I recall sitting on the shores of Loch Indaal with him in 1999, looking across to Bruichladdich [then closed]”. “I’d love for that distillery to reopen,” McEwan said. “It’s a disgrace that it’s closed.” It hurt him as a whisky man and as an Ileach. Today, the restored distillery is one of the largest employers on Islay, forging new links with farmers and harnessing Islay’s unique flora to create and infuse another type of spirit – gin. The unprecedented result is a combination of a master Islay distiller's know-how and its locally foraged botanicals. Twenty-two to be specific. With The Botanist, if you remember no other numbers, know just these – 22, nine and 46. Botanicals are the very essence of gin; its raison d'etre you may say, and The Botanist gin – with a 46% ABV – is created from nine core, traditional gin botanicals and 22 local Islay botanicals, all hand-picked and foraged by local botanists, Dr. Richard and Mavis Gulliver. Gin, the new whisky in town if you haven’t heard, is IMAGES BY THE BOTANIST 101 JULY/AUGUST 2018 | TM
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