On completion, the brand new £13million distillery will produce everything of the present Scapegrace portfolio of super-premium gin and vodka alongside its soon-to-be-released single malt whisky.
Positioned on Lake Dunston on the South Island, the model has claimed that the situation supplies the right local weather and water high quality for producer spirits.
“The midway level between equator and south pole runs instantly by our distillery website, giving us extremes in cold and hot temperatures – an optimum setting for ageing whisky,” stated managing director, Daniel McLaughlin.
“Naturally, the pristine water high quality can be splendid for distilling gin & vodka, pulling from glacial run-off from the Southern Alps. Over the previous 5 years we’ve been quietly placing down whisky at our outdated distillery website and we’ll quickly be launching Scapegrace Single Malt Whisky.”
Development has already commenced on the primary constructing containing the brand new Scapegrace head workplace, bottling corridor, warehouse, and the primary barrel room which is because of open in August 2022.
“Two easy longhouses slip previous one another, abutted by lichen and Kanuka, recessive however unapologetic on this monumental panorama,” stated Nat Cheshire who designed the distillery alongside Ascinda Stark and Emily Doll of Cheshire Architects.
“Inside, darkness, distillation, delight and, above all, discovery.”
The distillery is deliberate to open to the general public in November 2023.
