Lussa Gin (70cl, 42%)

Lussa is a gin from the Isle of Jura, in a 70cl bottle at 42% ABV. It began as an idea in the summer of 2015, when Claire Fletcher, Georgina Kitching and Alicia MacInnes set out to forage botanicals from the island's hills, glens, lochs, bogs, woods and shoreline. It is made in a traditional Portuguese copper still called Jim. Leaves, needles, cones, seeds and roots go into the pot with neutral spirit and soft spring water from the hills of Ardlussa, while flowers and petals sit in a basket above it. The still is warmed by bain-marie and run gently over the course of a day.