Scots distillers chosen for Lidl craft gin festival

Lidl is to stock gins from ten Scottish craft distillers as part of an in-store festival which last year created £400,000 worth of business for the country’s spirits industry.

The discount er has announced ten craft drinks during it will stock during its Scottish Gin Festival, including five which it will be selling for the first time.

Lidl claims that last year’s event resulted in around £400,000 of additional business for the Scottish gin sector. This year’s offering will feature Goodwill G in from the community-owned GlenWyvis distiller y in Dingwall, a gorse-flavoured spirit from Isle of Bute Gin and a readyto-drink G&T can from BrewDog’s sister company, LoneWolf.

The retailer’s third Scottish G in Festival will launch in stores today.

PaulMcquade,h ea dofbu yin gin Scotland, said :“This collection brings some of the country’ s most exciting spirits to market for the first time .”