News & Events

At Eden Mill we are continuously monitoring the situation concerning COVID-19, ensuring our teams follow the very latest Government advice.  As always, the health and wellbeing of our customers and staff remain our highest priority and for this reason, only a small number of team members remain in our workplaces and we have asked our staff to work from home wherever possible. We have also had to shut down various parts of our retail and sales arm for the time being. 

As we are dedicated to our customers and staff, we wanted to share all that we have been up to #ShareTheLove this week, as well as a few exciting things to look out for in the coming weeks!

Supporting Our Wonderful Communities 

• We offered a 25% discount and free delivery to all NHS workers – once again we thank you for everything you are doing – you are amazing. Ends 24th April 2020. 

• Nominate your local hero- every 2 weeks, we are asking our lovely social media followers to nominate a person who is doing something good within their community and who deserves a surprise Eden Mill gin delivery. The response has already been incredible and we have thoroughly enjoyed leaving Eden Mill goodies on the doorsteps of 10 such deserving people so far. We will continue to run our ‘nominate your local hero’ scheme pledging to surprise 10 deserving winners every 2 weeks throughout this crisis for as long as it takes for us as a Nation to beat this!

• #Sharethelove – Before the tighter lockdown rules came into play we were donating a miniature of gin with every online or direct purchase that we thought would be a perfect gift to share with a neighbour or a loved one during a time that can be quite scary and lonely for some. Once the lockdown rules tightened we had to keep in line with the advice of the government and therefore had to rethink our #sharethelove offering as visiting others became off-limits. With that in mind we are now offering a free bottle of one of our delicious mixology cocktails that you can either enjoy yourself or give to someone else to bring a little joy to their day – as long as you follow the government’s advice and do this safely!

Fun Customer Experience at home

• We are hosting our first ever Virtual Gin Tasting (which sold out in under 48 hours!). This will run over 2 sessions on Saturday 4th April & Saturday 11th April at 5pm (Gin O’clock). Our gin tastings are always full of fun and laughter, something that is much needed during this time. Each customer taking part will purchase a gift set that contains 12 x 5cl miniatures and two glasses that will be delivered before the event and during the sessions the hosts will take you through a step by step guide on how to taste and serve your gins.  Not only that, but there will also be chances to win prizes too! It is sure to be a fun filled event! We will be releasing a second batch of these tasting sets very soon!

Eden Mill Product Availability

• Drive Through Drink Shop – Our retail team have created a pop up drive through shop at our temporary site in Guardbridge where customers can order gin from the comfort of their cars and have this bagged and delivered to you,  minimising all contact and still enabling customers to have the service we would offer at any of our retail outlets. Not only that you can ‘Click & Collect’ your order here – shopping has never been easier thanks to the staff here. Very soon, we will also be offering hand sanitiser which can be bought (1 per customer) from this site and online. 

• We are still taking online orders in-house and the courier service we use has been sending the same staff member for collection. Each package is only handled and loaded into the van by one person who is wearing gloves and all of our staff are practising social distancing at home and work. We are in a unique position that the packaging side of our delivery service is managed in house. Therefore, as we have full control over our orders from the bottling of our products to the packaging, we can be certain we are following every procedure in the strictest means to deliver our products in the safest possible way. 

Hand Sanitiser

• We have been working hard to produce hand sanitiser in response to the COVID-19 outbreak and will be releasing an initial batch of 2000 in the coming 2 weeks. 
• 1000 will be donated to a number of frontline charities and the remaining 1000 will be available for members of the public to buy at £5 per bottle (this covers the cost of 2 bottles, with 1 having been donated to charities and services). 
• So you can pick up a bottle and still be doing something charitable at the same time! 

Supporting Our Staff 

• We are committed to trying to deploy as many of our valued 63 members of staff in as best ways as we can to be adding value during the coming months. 

• We have asked all staff that can work from home do so. 

We are following the advice from the government and have put the following procedures in place;

• Disposable gloves are changed every hour for admin staff and every 30-40 minutes for packaging staff.

• Hands are washed and sanitised every 30 minutes.

• We have reduced workplace numbers to 7 members of staff.  Each staff member self-isolates when at home and practices responsible social distancing when needing to go to the shops. This reduces the number of people we are in contact with to an absolute minimum of our household and work. 

• All work surfaces are thoroughly cleaned every morning and evening, before and after work (this includes handles, laptops, toilets, & phones). Most surfaces are no longer shared.

• Arrangements are now in place to ensure staff are all standing and sitting apart. We’ve relocated workstations. The packaging team have significantly widened their working area in order to separate by the required 2 metres.

As previously mentioned, we implemented safety measures including strictly only the same 7 staff packaging all online orders to maintain the highest safety standards for our staff and customers.  This team have become closer than ever over these last few weeks. On Thursday 2nd April at the end of their working day, they joined the rest of the UK in applauding our wonderful NHS workers.

From each and everyone of us at Eden Mill we thank you all for your continued support and hope you and your loved ones all stay safe and happy in the coming weeks and months!

Best Wishes

Team Eden 

#StayhomeandchillwithEdenMill

We are continuously monitoring the situation concerning Covid-19, ensuring our team follows the very latest Government advice.  As always, the health and wellbeing of our customers and staff remains our highest priority and for this reason only a small number of team members remain in our workplaces.

Our online shop remains open and in order to prevent the transmission of Coronavirus, we have put the below mandatory measures. We are adhering to UK government advice which is to keep selling consumable products while changing the behaviour of workers and customers.

• Disposable gloves are changed every hour for admin staff and every 30-40 minutes for packaging staff.
• Hands are washed and sanitised every 30 minutes.
• We have reduced workplace numbers to 7 members of staff.  Each staff member self-isolates when at home and practices responsible social distancing when needing to go to the shops. This reduces the number of people we are in contact with to an absolute minimum of our household and work. 
• All work surfaces are thoroughly cleaned every morning and evening, before and after work (this includes handles, laptops, toilets, & phones). Most surfaces are no longer shared.
• The courier service we use has been sending the same staff for collection, who are also wearing protective gloves and socially distancing. Each package is only handled and loaded into the van by one person who is wearing gloves.
• Arrangements are now in place to ensure staff are all standing and sitting apart. We’ve relocated workstations. The packaging team have significantly widened their working area in order to separate by the required 2 metres.

Due to the current situation, deliveries may be slightly delayed as our courier companies work to deliver your parcels as safely as possible through these unexpected times.

We are doing our utmost best to continue to provide the same high standard of service.  Our team is on hand to assist you with any concerns or queries you may have.

We thank you for your support, and wish you continued safety throughout this.

From all of the team at Eden Mill.

Share the love this Mother’s Day with a special engraved Love Gin! Our new Love Gin glass bottle is perfect for Mother’s Day.

Same pink gin, just a little greener… we’ve re-released our Love Gin just in time for Mother’s Day in a new glass bottle. The new design has been created in the UK exclusively for Eden Mill. The 50 crystal cut design honours the style of bottle used on the Eden Mill distillery site when gin and whisky was made there in the 1800s.  

The new glass bottle continues our commitment to sustainability; it is more easily recycled and the new lightweight design uses 18% less glass than the industry standard bottle. Made in the UK and distilled in St Andrews, it also has a low carbon footprint. 

The beloved ceramic bottle will still be available directly from our website and our stores. 

For Mother’s Day, we’ve engraved our Love Gin bottles with a special Mother’s day message which will be available online and to purchase directly from Eden Mill’s Blendworks Gin School in Princes Square. The bottle comes as part of a special Love Gin Martini Gift Set at £36. The perfect gift for gin-credible mums everywhere!

You can shop the gift set here – https://bit.ly/2wTuNc5

In celebration of St Andrew’s Day, we’re delighted to reveal our 2019 Release Single Malt.

Retailing at £79, the limited release of 3,000 bottles is a collaborate with Fife-based artist Hilke MacIntyre to create the art piece, titled ‘St Andrews’ for the presentation box. Hilke MacIntyre, originally from Germany, has lived in Fife since 1995 and is known as a specialist in linocutting: a traditional and highly skilled craft, derived from woodcutting. The artwork is inspired by pivotal moments in Eden Mill’s story and features famous
landmarks of the St Andrews and Guardbridge coastline – a place we at Eden Mill is proud to call home.

The 2019 Release Single Malt is our third single malt whisky in two years, since the unveiling of the First Bottling in 2017, and will see just 1,500 bottles available in the UK.

Scott Ferguson, Eden Mill’s Head Distiller, said: “This limited release is one of the most exciting whisky offerings from Eden Mill in our five years of distilling.’ He continued: “Working with sherry flavours from the oloroso and the sweet sugary flavour from the pedro ximenez casks is something that has been present throughout our previous hip flask releases and we want to exhibit our ability to work with these flavours in our 2019 Single Malt release.”

Our 2019 Release aims to deliver a balance of sweet, spice and light notes of toasted fruits and remains sweet and fruity, with hints of cocoa and caramelised biscuits beneath, with a malty-sweet towards the finish.

The 2019 Release Single Malt has incorporated a selection of Oloroso hogheads, pedro ximenez hogsheads, American bourbon barrels with a cask of chocolate malt spirits and crystal malt spirit to craft their latest liquid.

2019 Release Single Malt Whisky (70cl, 46.5% ABV) is available to order via
www.edenmill.com/2019

Fill yourself with Christmas spirit this festive season! 🎄🎅🏻

We’re delighted to finally share with you our Christmas addition to our Mixology Project range – Candy Cane Mojito!

The Candy Cane Mojito is a festive take on the classic cocktail with warm bilberry sweetness and a tingly peppermint freshness from our Candy Cane Gin which is sure to fill even the biggest of Scrooges with Christmas spirit this festive season!

Candy Cane Mojito will join the vibrant range of Mixology Project pre-mixed gin cocktails which include: Berry Bramble, Love Bellini, Citrus Fizz and Basil Smash.

The Christmas cocktail comes presented in an aluminium can dressed in festive red-stripes, pre-mixed and ready to pour, making it the perfect Christmas ready-to-drink cocktail to take to Christmas parties or enjoy at home whilst wrapping presents.

This festive cocktail is sure to spread yuletide cheer wherever it goes and can be enjoyed straight from the bottle with a festive paper straw or poured over ice and garnished with fresh mint and lime or a candy cane.

Candy Cane Mojito joins an already strong festive line up by Eden Mill, which includes the 12 Gins of Christmas – a beautifully presented gift set with a selection of twelve gins and gin liqueur miniatures as well as the re-release of last years festive hit Candy Cane Gin (70CL/ 40%).

Candy Cane Mojito Mixology Project (5.8%ABV/ 250ML) cocktail is available for £2.50 at www.edenmill.com/christmas and in Scottish Sainsbury’s stores, as well as independent and specialist retailers.

Eden Mill co-founder Paul Miller has won an industry Oscar for the entrepreneurial marketing skills that put the beer, gin and whisky brand on the world map. 

Paul Miller was presented with Global Marketer of the Year at the 22nd Academy of Marketing Science world congress at the University of Edinburgh on Thursday (11th July). 

 

The award recognises his significant global contribution to the marketing of drinks industry along with his key role in revitalising the Scottish craft gin market and bringing whisky production back to St Andrews after 150 years. 

Previous winners include Olivier Dexemple, the former Marketing and Development Director of Coca-Cola Europe and Rod Drury founder and former CEO of the online accounting software company Xero. 

Miller completed an MBA at University of Edinburgh Business School in 2004, where he continues to support the education of the next generation of marketers. 

After a career with Diageo, Glenmorangie and Coors, he set up Eden Mill in 2012 and has seen turnover grow to £11million a year with the goal of becoming Scotland’s first carbon neutral distillery. 

Paul Miller said: “I am thrilled to be recognised at the AMS World Marketing Congress 2019, as well as the wider marketing and business community. It’s been a tremendous few days learning from experts and peers from around the world.” 

Professor Tina Harrison, co-chair of the 2019 AMS congress, said: “Paul Miller receives this award in recognition of his significant contribution to the development of the Scottish gin, whisky and beer markets at home and globally.” 

This week’s 2019 congress sees a rigorous academic programme which focuses on enlightenment. 

The theme ‘Enlightened Marketing in Challenging Times’, draws on the historical significance of Edinburgh as the birthplace of the ‘Scottish Enlightenment’, the intellectual movement that centred on reason and advanced the ideas of liberty, progress and the scientific method. 

The congress reflects critically on the roles of marketing and marketers in incorporating and advancing the ideals and actions of the Scottish Enlightenment within contemporary marketing theory and practice. 

 

For further information on the 2019 Academy of Marketing Science World Marketing Congress, visit: http://www.ams-web.org/event/AMSWMC22