Botanicals

THE BOTANIST’S 22 WILD ISLAY BOTANICALS ARE SUSTAINABLY FORAGED BY OUR PROFESSIONAL FORAGER, JAMES DONALDSON.

Chosen for their incredible bouquet of aromas, the Islay botanicals are foraged responsibly each year from March to October, from the hills, bogs and shores of Islay. James picks only as much as he needs, from a wide variety of areas, monitoring population health as he goes. All of them are commonly found on Islay, and each individual botanical has a fascinating history in brewing and traditional medicine. It’s not the easiest way to make gin – it takes 7 months to pick and dry each botanical, petal by petal, leaf by leaf, but we think it’s the best way. These ingredients provide the menthol, herbaceous, sweet and floral notes that The Botanist is known for. These are the 22.

Apple Mint

Chamomile

Creeping Thistle

Downy Birch

Elder flower

Gorse

Hawthorn

Heather

Juniper

lady’s bedstraw

Lemon Balm

Meadowsweet

Mugwort

Red clover

Spear mint

Sweet cicely

Bog Myrtle (Sweet Gale)

tansy

water mint

White clover

Wild thyme

wood sage

In season now

Sweet Cicely – Apple Mint – Red Clover – Elder
Botanicals

Plus Nine Core Botanicals

There is an almost musical quality to The Botanist.  The delicate notes of the 22 Islay botanicals are supported by a rhythmic bass – the 9 core. These berries, barks, seeds and peels are commonly found in gin and allow our bouquet of foraged botanicals to really sing.

Cassia Cassia
Cassia Coriander Juniper Orange Cinnamon Lemon Licorice Angelica_Root Orris Root
Cassia Cassia
Cassia Coriander Juniper Orange Cinnamon Lemon Licorice Angelica_Root Orris Root

Foraging was once a way of life for everyone. It’s in our DNA.

Foraging was once a way of life for everyone. It’s in our DNA.

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