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The Scottish Gin category is a diverse and exciting spirit category to work in, made up of all manner of businesses operating across the Scottish Gin supply chain. Packaging specialists, botanical merchants, still makers, spirits organisations and industry bodies; all supporting Scottish Gin brands, creating employment and helping Scottish Gin businesses grow and succeed. In The Business of Scottish Gin series, we meet some of the key people and businesses who contribute to Scotland\u2019s growing Scottish Gin industry.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In this editorial feature we visit Speyside Copper Works, the Elgin based copper and engineering specialists who design, manufacture and install distillation stills and equipment, along with providing a range of maintenance, inspection and repair services.<\/strong><\/p>\n

There are a few things that are essential when making spirits – ingredients, time, patience and a still of some description to distil your spirit in. Over the centuries the methods and outcomes have differed dramatically from the ancient Greek Sailors distilling and evaporating sea water to create safe drinking water on long journeys or the Egyptian empire, that used distillation to extract base metals and colour them gold to adorn the tombs and palaces of ancient Egyptian Kings and Queens. One thing over the centuries has remained consistent – they all used a still of some shape or form.<\/p>\n

Speyside Copper Works as the name suggests is based in whisky country. Working from their workshop in Elgin, Derek Brewster, along with business partners Stuart and Garry Fraser, have backgrounds in the design, engineering, manufacturing and maintenance of copper stills and between them have over 80 years experience, having all worked for a variety of well-respected spirit makers. Along with their team of highly skilled and experienced Coppersmiths and apprentices, the team at Speyside Copper Works design, manufacture and install copper pot stills.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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