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Galloway Distillery

Gin made from scratch at Newton Stewart, with fir from the hills and weed from the shore.

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Most gin is made by buying in neutral spirit and flavouring it.

Galloway Distillery, on the edge of Newton Stewart with the Galloway hills in front of it, makes its own from grain: a slower way of working, and the whole point of the place. The gin is Hills & Harbour, and it is named for two of the things in it: noble fir needles picked in the forest behind, and bladderwrack gathered off the shore. They also make The Sassenach. The tour walks you through the whole process from grain to glass and finishes with a tasting of the range, and in season there is a foraging trip that goes out for the fir and the seaweed first. It was called Crafty Distillery until 2025.

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Before you go

How long
An hour and a half to two and a half
Cost
By ticket
Getting there
Signed off the A75 at Newton Stewart; parking at the distillery.

Opening hours

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Monday
10am–5pm
Tuesday
10am–5pm
Wednesday
10am–5pm
Thursday
10am–5pm
Friday
10am–5pm
Saturday
10am–5pm
Sunday
Closed

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Where it is

On the edge of Newton Stewart, off the A75.

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