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Download PDF The Arbikie Highland Estate in Scotland is noted for the award-winning spirits distilled on site from a staggering array of local produce. CPM visits to find pulses may soon form the basis of the industry’s first-ever carbon-positive product. We want to create a proper environment for growing crops and our passion with the distillery is for the raw materials that pass through it. By Tom Allen-Stevens If you enjoy a good whisky, the lines of barrels that stretch away into the gloom of the store at the Arbikie Highland Estate Distillery will fill you with anticipation. But you’ll have a long wait, explains John Stirling, director of the diversified business and fourth-generation farmer on the 900ha family-owned estate near Montrose on the east coast of Scotland. “It’s laid down as an 18-year old single malt that won’t be released until it’s correct,” he says, which takes it to 2033 at the earliest. “It’s a long-term project, so what makes the business model is the gin and vodka we distil. Underpinning this is that everything is grown and bottled on the farm, which gives us complete control over the quality and provenance of the product.” Nor is this just…
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