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REDCASTLE NEWS
Toll House Berry Vodka
Introduced at the Scone Game Fair, our Toll House Berry Vodka has become the summer sensation. This full-strength vodka, infused with strawberries, raspberries, and blackberries, creates the perfect Summer Berry Spritz.
To enjoy, pour a generous measure over ice, top with lemonade, and garnish with plenty of fresh Angus berries.
Earth day every day!
Earth Day gave us a chance to reflect on the things we can all do to be kinder to the planet.
For the past 4 years, we have been putting a huge focus on being more sustainable, and doing what we can to minimise our impact.
Here’s just a few things we’ve done:
✅ removed all single use plastic from our primary packaging
✅ installed solar panels on our roof, which powers our bottling equipment
✅ installed an air source heat pump, which heats our site
✅ introduced a bottle return system for our hospitality customers
✅ launched refill pouches across our spirits, to support our “Bottle for Life” initiative
✅ plastic free packaging for orders, including paper bags & paper bubble wrap
✅ started on our journey to become a certified B-Corp
✅ use lightweight glass from a UK based glass manufacturer
✅ source local ingredients, including blueberries, raspberries & rhubarb.
✅ our coffee rum is made with ethically & sustainably sourced coffee beans
✅ focus on our local supply chain, minimising the miles our products travel before they are enjoyed
Ride the North coming to Angus in August
Ride the North is coming to Angus in August and our home town of Arbroath is the host for this brilliant event!
We are delighted to have been asked to be their spirit partner for this year’s event. Our limited edition Ride the North Gin & Spiced Rum are available to pre-order now on our website.
Ride the route then savour the spirit with our specially distilled gin, with classic notes of juniper, citrus and a gentle spice, or our spiced rum, with notes of vanilla, citrus and spice.
Available to order now, for collection at the finish line on Saturday 24th August, or for home delivery from the 1st August.
If you select in person pickup, you will be collecting from the finish line on the day of the event at the Redcastle gazebo.
Reducing Environmental Footprint: Try our Pouches for Redcastle Gins & Rums
Environmental consciousness is on the rise and businesses are continually seeking innovative ways to reduce their carbon footprint. Redcastle, is stepping up to the challenge with an eco-friendly solution: eco pouches.
Why not try one of our 50 cl pouches? These pouches not only offer convenience but also present a sustainable alternative to traditional packaging. The innovative design includes a freepost return label on the back, allowing you to effortlessly return the empty pouches via their nearest postbox, free of charge.
But the eco-friendly journey doesn't end there. Once collected, we send the pouches off for recycling through the TerraCycle system, ensuring that they are repurposed efficiently. This closed-loop system minimizes waste and reduces the strain on our environment.
At Redcastle, sustainability is at the heart of everything we do. That's why all of our full-strength Redcastle Gins and Rums are available in refillable pouches. Not only are you enjoying premium spirits, but you're also making a positive impact on the environment.
Glass production, while traditional, is not the most environmentally friendly process. Not only does it consume significant energy, but it also adds weight to the supply chain, increasing carbon emissions during transportation. By switching to refillable pouches, we're advocating for a more sustainable future. Making small changes to our habits can result in significant benefits for the planet.
Whether you're at home or on holiday, our refillable pouches are the perfect companion. Compact, lightweight, and environmentally friendly, they offer both convenience and conscience in every sip.
Celebrating in style
On Sunday 10th March we celebrated our mums (or just enjoyed a few drinks with friends and family) In the Redcastle Lounge at Gayfield (Arbroath FC).
It was a lovely afternoon with lots of chat and laughter and it was a good opportunity for everyone to see that the Redcastle lounge is not all about football.
The Stars of the show are back for Christmas
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, which can only mean one thing, our sell out stars are back!
This year, we have gone for a 10cl bottle. They are super cute and perfect for a stocking filler, secret Santa or teacher gift. At £15, they are available in our top 3 liqueur flavours: Cold Brew Coffee Rum, Passion Fruit & Mango and Raspberry & Pomegranate Gins.
We have a limited number available so don't wait too long to start your Christmas shopping!
We would like to introduce Redcastle’s 3yo Cask Aged Golden Rum
Redcastle’s 3yo Cask Aged Golden Rum is distilled in Jamaica, aged in oak casks, finished and bottled in Angus Scotland.
It’s been years in the making and we are delighted to bring you this delicious, full flavoured golden rum. With notes of rich dried fruits, gentle oak notes and natural sweetness, it’s a beautiful sipping rum or mixes well with cola and ginger beer. A real treat for a rum lover, and a surprising hit with whisky aficionados too.
Celebrating International Coffee Day in Style
1st of October not only welcomes a new month, but also brings us International Coffee day!
Here at HQ we love our coffee, but we love our Cold Brew Coffee Rum liqueur even more. So why not celebrate in style with a coffee rum liqueur over ice, or with an espresso martini!
We are dog friendly!
We were over the moon today to welcome Quilla (and Amanda) to Redcastle HQ.
We always love to see Quilla when she is on her training walks (and occasionally on TV when she is watching Arbroath FC)
Our retail shop and tasting rooms are dog friendly so if you are out for a walk (or a drive) with your 4 legged friends, and need to top up your supplies of Redcastle Gin, you will always be welcomed at Redcastle HQ . Dog biscuits and water await!
Market season is on its way!
This weekend our clocks all jumped forward, and we all lost an hour of sleep, as we moved to British Summertime.
As we move into Spring we also start to get excited about our forthcoming events, where we can get out and about and see you all!
We have updated our Events page with all of the events we have so far, so take a look and see where you can find us over the next few months.
Lets Make a date
We have been very busy this week planning and updating our diaries, and the excellent news is that we have now added some evening and weekend availability to our gin experiences calendar. We have new dates open until the end of June, so why not book in to see us for a gin tasting or why not come and make your own gin!
If you don't see the right date for you, please get in touch and see what we can do for you.
Redcastle are Ready to Drink!
We are delighted to share the gin news that our Redcastle ready to drink Gin and Tonics are back!
Each bottle contains a single serve of our award winning Gin, blended with our own tonic water, perfectly balanced and only 1 unit per serving.
These are now available at our Redcastle HQ shop or on our online shop.
We are seeing stars at Redcastle
We are delighted to share the gin news that our Redcastle Blueberry Old Tom has picked up 2 stars at the Guild of Fine Food Great Taste Awards. We use local blueberries from East Seaton farm here in Arbroath and we are looking forward to getting our hands on the 2022 crop!
If that wasn't good enough news, our Redcastle Cold Brew Coffee Rum Liqueur also picked up 2 stars at the Great Taste Awards. The awards just keep on coming for this product!
Good things happen when we work together so huge shout out to our good friends at Sacred Grounds Coffee Company for putting trust in us to ensure their coffee shines through .
You are gold!
We are delighted to announce that our amazing new Redcastle Cold Brew Coffee Rum Liqueur, made in collaboration with the fabulous folk at Sacred Grounds Coffee Company, has only gone and picked up a gold medal at the coveted The Spirits Business Rum & Cachaca awards!
We are so delighted and it underpins our belief that we have created something really rather special - great things happen when people work together and this is a fantastic example of this.
Coffee & Rum - the perfect combination
We are delighted to announce our amazing new collaboration, our Redcastle Coffee Rum Liqueur. Sacred Grounds Coffee Company, Angus’ first coffee roastery, have long been on our wish list for collaborating. “Kathryn, one of the directors at Sacred Grounds, and I are good friends and we have often talked about working on a project together” explains Fiona. “Throughout lockdown, we were mooting ideas around a coffee gin but then our attentions moved towards our rum, as we saw interest in our award-winning rum grow at the start of 2021. We then set about working on a Redcastle coffee rum liqueur” To help get this ambitious project off the ground, they enlisted the help of local distiller, Lewis Scothern of Distillutions Ltd, who perfected the art of making cold brew coffee, which could then be blended with Redcastle Spiced Rum. “We like to keep things local so being able to work collaboratively with 2 fellow Angus businesses is great. We needed to be patient though, it was important to find just the right coffee origin to blend with our rum, that was the hardest part!” Following months of trials, the finished product is now ready to launch. “We relied heavily on the expertise of the guys at Sacred Grounds and took their advice regarding which coffees would pair well with our Spiced Rum. We eventually found the perfect match – a single estate El Salvador coffee. It’s perfect” says Walsh. “We have loved collaborating with the Redcastle team on this exciting launch, it’s great to be working with 2 fellow Arbroath businesses to bring this to life” said Kathryn Baker of Sacred Grounds.
Red Lichties ready for the season finale!
As the football season comes to a close, all Red Lichties fans will be glued to Gayfield on Friday night in the hope that Arbroath can get the win they need against Hamilton to secure Championship football next season.
We will be cracking open a Red Lichties gin to prepare for the game, and we have stocked up our Red Lichties Rum and Gin so that you can have your bottle ready for Friday night.
Its beginning to look a lot like Christmas.
Our Christmas elves have been very busy recently and have been working hard to design some great new Christmas gift ideas and get Redcastle HQ all set up for Christmas.You will be able to find a selection of great Christmas gift ideas on our online shop, or if you are local, we would love to see you at our retail shop, Unit 18 Matthew Kerr Place, Arbroath DD11 3AX. Keep an eye on Facebook for our updated seasonal opening hours.
Also Keep an eye out for some exciting new Products that will be launching in the next few weeks.
Nothing sweeter than supporting local
Toll House Spirits were delighted to introducing the latest addition to our family -Redcastle Blueberry Old Tom Gin. This is a true celebration and appreciation of all the wonderful produce we have here on our doorstep in Angus and to recognise the Scottish blueberry season, which is now underway. The blueberries used in the distillation were grown at East Seaton Farm, less than 3 miles from our Redcastle brand home in Arbroath. An old tom gin is a little sweeter and we like to enjoy it with lemonade or tonic. Delicious with a garnish of fresh blueberries and a slice of lemon.
Support where it matters!
Toll House Spirits were delighted to be able to present a cheque for £700 to Broughty Ferry RNLI. We are very proud to support our local lifeboat. They do a tremendous job, in challenging times. £1 from every bottle sold goes to their fundraising appeal.
And then there were 3...
We promised you some exciting new gins and the wait is over!
Introducing the next 2 fruit infused Redcastle gins to join our line up:- Blood Orange & Rhubarb - Raspberry & Pomegranate
These are full strength, distilled gins and unlike the majority of fruity gins, they do not contain added sugar. The sweetness comes from the delicious fruit combinations. They join the popular Redcastle Passion Fruit & Mango Gin which launched in the summer.
Our label artwork has been designed by local Angus born illustrator Molly McCammon & we love the vibrant colours against the crystal clear spirit.
We are family!
Our new Redcastle Passion Fruit & Mango 40% gin is now available in 5cl miniature and 20cl, alongside our original 70cl. Isn’t it a lovely little family collection? Angus distilled gin, infused with natural fruit flavours. The perfect summer G&T or try with Lilt for a totally tropical taste sensation. Unlike most of the fruit flavoured gins on the market, we don’t add any sugar, allowing the fruit to bring out the natural sweetness. For those of you with a sweeter tooth, our Redcastle Passion Fruit & Mango gin liqueur is still a stalwart of our growing range
We're Back!
After a few very frustrating months, we are delighted to announce that the team at Redcastle are back!
We would like to apologise to all our valued customers who missed us over Christmas, but we are back under a new management team (check our information page for more details).
What better way to move forward than to announce that we have made the coveted Top 10 for the 3rd consecutive year in the The Scottish Gin Society’s consumer poll.
Huge thanks to everyone who voted for us and have continued to support us through the last few weeks of uncertainty.
We are working hard to get our stock levels back up and will hopefully be back on a shelf near you soon!
Silver Linings!
After a very busy couple of months, team Redcastle are absolutely delighted to pick up the Silver Medal for our Passion Fruit & Mango Gin Liqueur at the Scottish Gin Awards.
It was also a great night for our distilling partner & friends at Distillutions LTD.
We had lots of fun with our Angus & Arbroath gin friends on the night celebrating some great achievements and some amazing gin.
Aim for the moon and you can reach the stars!
Everyone at Redcastle HQ is absolutely thrilled with the news that our amazing Spiced Rum has been awarded 2 stars as part of the Great Taste awards 2019.
It is a blend of our own Angus distilled rum with 3 year old cask aged Jamaican rum, which results in a heavenly and indulgent spiced rum, with notes of vanilla and citrus.
We may be biased but we think it is amazing and we are sure if you are a rum fan you will love it too!
You have got to be in it to win it!
The nominees have been announced for the Scottish Gin Awards 2019 and we are delighted to announce that we have been shortlisted for the following awards:
- Gin Liqueur of the Year - 3 of our liqueurs have made the final
- London Dry Gin of the Year
- Growth Business of the Year
We at Redcastle are really pleased to see some of our fellow Angus based producers nominated too, great to have our region so well represented.
Fiona Walsh, co-director, commented that "being shortlisted for such prestigious awards is a great bonus for Redcastle and is testament to all the hard work done by team Redcastle. However, we need to give a big thank you to all those customers who enjoy our products and help us to be who we are!"
We cant wait for the awards!
Your perfect serve is ready
Redcastle are delighted to announce the launch of our exciting new product!
Our ready to drink Gin & Tonic, is a perfect serve of our award winning gin, mixed with our own specially selected tonic water with a hint of lime.
Each bottle is 200ml & 5% abv.
It will start to roll out across our customers from next week, and will be available at our markets as usual from this weekend.
It will also be available in our online shop from later this week
Over the Moon!
We are absolutely over the moon at Redcastle HQ!
The results of the 2019 Scottish Gin Society online survey of Scottish Gin lovers has revealed that Redcastle Gin has come in 3rd Place!
Having been delighted with 7th place last year, we are absolutely bowled over with this years result.
Fiona Walsh, Director stated "We are absolutely astounded by this result, it really underlines that we are on the right path and gives us increased momentum with all our exciting plans for the year ahead. It is amazing to be in a top 3 along side such illustrious company as Isle of Harris and Kintyre gin, and it is great to see so many newer brands in the top 20. We want to recognize and thank our wonderful customers who have supported us on our journey so far and we look forward to sharing more exciting times ahead with them!"
Home is where the Heart is
After its successful debut in 2018, we are delighted to announce that our beautiful engraved Redcastle Raspberry & Pomegranate gin liqueur heart bottles are back!
Each bottle is 20cl and is hand dipped in black wax and will retail at £20.
As well as being available from our regular farmers market stalls and selected retail partners in the run up to Valentines day, we will also have a pop up stall in the Overgate from the 7th February.
If that was not enough, we will have the hearts available to pre-order from our online shop from... today! (bottles will be posted from the 28th January)
From little acorns...
This Saturday, the folks at Redcastle HQ will be putting their glad rags on and hitting the town to celebrate The Courier business awards 2018.
Redcastle Spirits has been nominated in the "Young Business of the year" alongside, Bella and Duke, Pirate Boats & The Butcher The Baker.
Good luck to all those nominated.
The best things come in small packages!
At Redcastle HQ, we are busy finalising the next 2 additions to our range. We will bring you more news of these exciting developments over the coming weeks!
We are in 7th Heaven!
Redcastle Spirits were delighted to learn that our wonderful gin has been voted in the top 10 favourite Scottish gins, in a poll carried out by the Scottish Gin Society
Redcastle Gin came in 7th on the extensive list of all Scottish Gins, and we were delighted to share the top 10 with a number of household names, as well as other craft distillers.
Fiona Walsh, Co-founder and director of Redcastle Spirits said "We are delighted to have such a loyal following, and proud to be listed alongside some fabulous examples of Scottish craft gin."
Honey, we shrunk the gin!
Redcastle Spirits are delighted to announce that our range of Gin and Liqueurs are now available in miniature!
Available now for just £5 each at all Farmers Markets (Angus Farmers Markets, Perth Farmers' Market, Dundee Farmers Market) and available soon from our retail partners.
We will soon be announcing an exciting new addition to our Liqueur range (you may be able to get a sneak preview at the next farmers market)
Award Winning Gin
We are delighted to announce that Redcastle Gin has received its first (of many) awards, having been given a Bronze medal in the International Spirits Challenge (ISC) 2018.
We are tickled pink
Redcastle Spirits are delighted to announce that our Raspberry & Pomegranate Gin Liqueur has been shortlisted in the Scottish Gin Awards!
We are alongside a very impressive line up: Edinburgh Gin, Eden Mill, Boe Gin and El-Gin! Congratulations to everyone & here’s to a fab night, celebrating this amazing and thriving industry, in September!