Anchor Old Tom Gin Douglas Laing's It took three years to

It took three years to carve an aqueduct in solid granite to channel crystal clear water from the Lovers Pool to Stratheden Distillery's three water wheels

and no anise or licorice is used

black strap molasses casks

s then bottled as tradition insists: at cask strength

Anchor Old Tom Gin Douglas Laing's It took three years toThe rakish tomcat is a salute to Captain Dudley Bradstreet and the vending machine he created in 18th century London for his illicit gin. "I purchased the Sign of a Cat, and had it nailed to a Street Window; then I caused a Leaden Pipe to be placed under the paw of the cat: the end that was within had a funnel." Customers put money in the cat's mouth and said, "Puss, give me two Penny worth of Gin.' I bid them receive it from the Pipe under the cats