Lochaline distillery launches £1M crowdfunding campaign
Morvern's Nc'nean Distillery, near Lochaline, has launched a £1,000,000 crowdfunding campaign on investment platform Seedrs to help accelerate its current growth plans.
The investment target of £1 million will support the launch of its first whisky next year, the continued growth of its innovative botanical spirit, as well as buy bottling equipment and support further portfolio expansion.
Nc'nean is a young, independent, organic and sustainable whisky distillery that was founded by Annabel Thomas and Derek Lewis in 2013.
Ms Thomas, who is also CEO, commented: ‘We're set to establish Nc'nean as a leader in experimental spirits and a pioneer in sustainable production.
‘We've seen a real consumer demand for authentic and sustainable brands and we believe the Scotch category has yet to tap into a new audience base by attracting them with innovative products, which is where we're looking to build further on our success to date.
‘Our community, both near and far, is at the heart of everything we do, and I'm really excited that crowdfunding will allow that group to be part of our future success.'
The brand has seen the launch of two products over the past two years, the botanical spirit followed by the aged botanical spirit, which has helped raise Nc'nean's profile as its whisky comes of age in 2020.
The botanical spirit, which has been described as a mix between whisky and gin, has seen Nc'nean innovate in the spirits category and tap into a new consumer demographic for the whisky industry.
Originally produced in a limited run, the distillery is now looking to continue the production of its botanical spirit, which was awarded a silver medal in the International Spirits Challenge 2019 and voted ‘Top 10 Most Innovative New Spirits' in 2018 by the Spirits Business.