Clydebuilt Gin: Locally Foraged Gorse and Wood Sorrel from the Slopes Above Ardgowan — Clyde Shipbuilding Heritage

Item: Clydebuilt Gin: Locally Foraged Gorse and Wood Sorrel from the Slopes Above Ardgowan — Clyde Shipbuilding Heritage
Rating: 7
Author: Ash Carrington

Ash Carrington November 15, 2025 1 views

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Distillery: Ardgowan Distillery
Type: Contemporary
ABV: 43% ABV
Price: £29.50
Botanicals: juniper, gorse, wood sorrel, garden mint, sweet woodruff, coriander, citrus peel

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Tasting Notes

Nose

Piney juniper — sharp citrus, exotic coriander, the locally foraged gorse adding a coconut-like floral note

Palate

Balanced botanical complexity — gorse and wood sorrel providing local character, garden mint freshness, sweet woodruff adding hay-like sweetness, classic gin botanicals maintaining structure, the Clyde shipbuilding pride in every sip

Finish

Elegant long-lasting — the foraged botanicals persisting, juniper dryness, the shipyard heritage in the close

First Impressions

Ardgowan Distillery's Clydebuilt — named for the Clyde shipbuilding tradition — uses locally foraged gorse, wood sorrel, mint, and sweet woodruff from the slopes above the distillery.