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Folding chairs and picnic tables are set out on a sandy beach beneath a large pine tree, a small boat resting against the trunk and hills visible across the water.
Isle of Arran

Arran Botanical Drinks, Cladach

The maker of Isle of Arran Gin, with a beach bar, shop and small distillery at Cladach Beach House north of Brodick, serving cocktails on the sand.

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At Cladach, just north of Brodick, a black timber beach house sits among the pines right on the sand.

Visited and photographed by Simon Hird

This is the home of Arran Botanical Drinks, started by Stuart Fraser and his partner George, who launched their first Isle of Arran Gin in 2018 and followed it with Arran Cassis, a blackcurrant liqueur.

The Beach House is a bar, a shop and a small distillery in one. The gin is made with botanicals that grow in Arran's mild microclimate, and the cocktail menu changes with the seasons. Inside there are sheepskin-covered chairs by the windows; outside, picnic tables and deckchairs stand on the sand under the trees, looking across the bay.

The founders first knew the building as children, when it was the Arran Nature Centre. It opens every day from ten, and it is a short walk from the start of the Goatfell path.

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Open every day from 10am, until 6pm from Sunday to Wednesday and until 7pm from Thursday to Saturday.

Where
Cladach, north of Brodick.
Makes
Isle of Arran Gin, Arran Cassis.
Bar
Cocktails on the beach.

Opening hours

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Monday
10am–6pm
Tuesday
10am–6pm
Wednesday
10am–6pm
Thursday
10am–7pm
Friday
10am–7pm
Saturday
10am–7pm
Sunday
10am–6pm

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Did you know

A wrought-iron hanging sign reads "Arran Botanical Drinks" beside a wooden fence and autumn shrubs.
Did you know

Once a nature centre.

The Cladach Beach House was once the Arran Nature Centre, which the founders visited as children.

A black timber kiosk lettered "Drinks Lab, Gin and Cocktail Bar" displays rows of gin bottles behind its windows, a pine tree standing beside it.
Did you know

Gin since 2018.

The first batch of Isle of Arran Gin was released in 2018.

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From our guide to Arran

At Cladach, just north of Brodick, a black timber beach house stands among the pines right on the sand. This is the home of Isle of Arran Gin, first launched in 2018, and of Arran Cassis, a blackcurrant liqueur. The Beach House is a bar, a shop and a small distillery in one, with a cocktail menu that changes with the seasons. Sink into a sheepskin chair by the window or take a deckchair out on the sand. It is a short walk from the start of the Goat Fell path, so it makes a fine reward on the way down.

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Where it is

At Cladach Beach House, opposite the Wineport north of Brodick, KA27 8DE.

Close byCladach.
  1. Arran's Cheese ShopArran's Cheese ShopIsland cheese at Home Farm.Under a mile 1 min by road
  2. ARRAN Sense of ScotlandARRAN Sense of ScotlandThe island's bath, body and home fragrance maker, founded in 1989 and still making its products at Home Farm near Brodick, with a shop.Under a mile 1 min by road
  3. Brodick Castle, Garden and Country ParkBrodick Castle, Garden and Country ParkThe castle just up the road.Under a mile 3 min by road
  4. Isle of Arran Heritage MuseumIsle of Arran Heritage Museum1 mile 3 min by road
  5. The French Fox, BrodickThe French Fox, BrodickA French takeaway in Brodick, which began in a vintage van and now cooks from One Auchrannie Road, with confit, moules and tartiflette.1 mile 4 min by road
  6. Goat FellGoat FellThe path up starts at Cladach.4 miles 12 min by road
Directions
Waterfall on a moorland stream with jagged peaks rising beyondAttractionsGlen Rosa1.6 miles
Waterfall tumbling through rocks below Skye's jagged Cuillin peaksAttractionsThe Blue Pool, Glen Rosa1.6 miles
Deli staff stack pizza boxes beside shelves of tinned tomatoes and wine bottlesRestaurantsThe Parlour, Brodick1.7 miles
Curved sandy beach beside a coastal village, hills rising behind the rooftopsAttractionsBrodick Bay2.2 miles
Lichen-covered rocks and tidal pools along a grassy coastal shorelineAttractionsHutton’s Unconformity2.6 miles
Seals resting on lichen-covered rocks with others swimming in the seaWalksArran Coastal Way with Thistle Trekking2.6 miles
Single-storey café with blue awning and railings, wooden tables on the terraceRestaurantsMara, Corrie4.1 miles
Small harbour with an orange swing set, boats moored beside grassy banksAttractionsCorrie4.3 miles
White cottage-style building with a "Coast" banner and chalkboard signs outsideAttractionsCOAST Discovery Centre5.7 miles

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