Community Spirit
Community: There are several ways in which we incorporate community spirit into practice (and our spirits) at Stillgarden. Of course, we have our community garden and Social Botanist Project, where members of the community help us to grow the garden botanicals we use...
Foraging 101: A Guide to Wild Garnishes
Foraging: Hi, I’m Connor, one of Stillgarden’s Social Botanists. I know it may not seem like it when you look outside at the pouring rain or have to wear at least three layers to get your groceries, but spring really is just around the corner. I’m very much into...
Connor’s Garden Guide
Garden guide: Hi there, Connor here. I’m delighted to share that I’ve been promoted from Friendly Neighbourhood Forager to the new Gardener in Residence here at Stillgarden. It’s been great to have more time to get involved with the garden, get my hands covered in...
Coriander: From Bible to Billboard
Coriander: Of all of the botanicals used in Gin distillation few come with the infamy and in fact necessity of Coriander Seed. It has a contentious history from a mention in the Old Testament (Great read if you haven’t got around to it) right the way through to being...
Why I Love Juniper
Hey folks, my name is Alan, and I am a new distiller here at Stillgarden Distillery. BTW I f$*king love Juniper!!! I've also been tasked with writing something of interest every-so-often for the blog. I’ve decided to go down the route of in depth analysis of the...
99 Problems but a Cocktail ain’t one
Scaling Cocktails at home for Christmas. There’s enough to be worrying about this Christmas, so drinks at home should and can be the last of them. Beers, wine and bubbly are all well and good but serving up a well-made cocktail to your friends and family is guaranteed...
Fractals: A Look into Ingredient Infinity
Fractals are never ending, infinitely complex patterns that are driven by repetition. Fractals are often found in nature and science, and therefore, on our products too! Fractals & Our Brand Fractals can be thought of as nature’s design principles. Not so...
For the Love of Gin
First there was Genever, the juniper-based national spirit of the Netherlands from which Gin gets its name. Genever still exists today in young and old forms and is delicious unto itself. Gin first exploded in popularity during the Gin Craze in the first half of the...
Harvest Season is in Full Swing
One of the nice things about autumn is that I no longer have to spend every spare moment weeding and watering (albeit admittedly I’m not quite free of these duties just yet). Instead, I can s Us Social Botanists have also been busy these last few weeks in nature’s...
