It’s been just over 3.5 weeks since we launched and things are moving fast. We have a number new stockist and distributors, with more coming online every day. The word is getting round how fantastic our Gin is, with some very encouraging National Press mentions.

With two major events under our belt, we are ready for the next flurry of activity, the Callander Highland Games at the end of July and Stirling Highland Games in the middle of August. To help us, we have a new face in the team, Seb from France, he is joining us for 8 weeks to learn about Gin distillation, his family have a large vineyard in France that produces wine and supplies grapes for local Cognac producers. Seb is interested in producing a French Gin.

Last week saw McQueen Gin pick up a cheque for £10,000 from the Scottish Edge Wildcard Award. This award is for new entrepreneurs launching new and innovative products into the Scottish market, the award is designed to help with start up costs etc, in our case the money will be used to help fund a Graduate to work with us over the next year to learn the business and help us grow.

Vicky & Dale McQueen receiving their Scottish Edge Wildcard Trophy and Cheque. June 2016

Watch out for the next blog post when we spill the beans on the infamous green cocktail invented by the original Mrs McQueen senior, whilst living in America.