FAMILY-owned Summerhouse Drinks is launching a small-batch Scottish produced tonic water to capitalise on the growing popularity of gin.
The Aberdeenshire company said the drink, made by combining quinine from cinchona bark with citric acid and infusing a combination of botanicals, would be produced on the family farm near the village of Peathill.
The product is being named Walter Gregor's Tonic Water after a Victorian minister who served the parish where the company is based and is said to have had a love of plants.
Summerhouse is also reviving the manse garden where Mr Gregor worked to grow the botanicals for the drink.
The 200 millilitre bottles will initially only be available direct from Summerhouse and retail at £1.50.
However longer term the company hopes to make it available to the on and off-trades.
Claire Rennie, managing director, said: "There's a renaissance of gin drinking in Scotland and indeed the rest of the UK and we look forward to offering a Scottish alternative to the tonics already available."
Summerhouse was founded in January last year with drinks such as Scottish raspberry lemonade and lavender lemondade.
The company says it uses only natural products with no artificial colours, preservatives or flavours.
In December it raised almost £5,000 through a crowdfunding campaign to buy a van to take to events, farmer's markets and food festivals
Stockists include Ardross Farm Shop in Fife, Mitchell's Dairy in Inverurie and Hammerton Stores in Aberdeen.
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