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Made from thistles: Scot's new formula for vodka

AN entrepreneur is toasting success after dreaming up a vodka made from thistles.

Jonathan Engels, 37, experimented at his Glasgow home to find an alcoholic drink that does not cause a hangover.

He came across the idea of combining milk thistle – a supposed hangover cure he discovered as a student – with wild elderflower.

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