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Wicstun Distillery Expansion Prize Draw
York, East Riding of Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Aim
We are raising funds to enable us to grow our family run small craft distillery. In order to expand our range & support the local economy.
WIN 1 CASE OF PERSONALISED GIN
1st Prize - 6 personalised 70cl bottles of bespoke gin made with botanicals of your choice. The winner will be contacted by our Distiller, Jago, who will discuss your preferred flavours and together, you will create a new gin, especially for you. This will then be distilled, bottled and labelled with a personalised label, plus 2 bottles of Gin from our current range.*
2nd Prize - Any 4 x 70cl bottles of Wicstun Gin, Rum or Vodka (your choice)*
3rd Prize - Any 2 x 70cl bottle of Wicstun Gin, Rum or Vodka (your choice)*
To enter, please click the link on this page or you can enter for free by writing to Wicstun Distillery, details at the bottom of this page and in the terms and conditions.
OUR STORY
Our story starts in 1984 when Jago, our founder, started home brewing in his dormitory while away at boarding school in Scarborough. It all started after watching The Great Escape, where the prisoners made moonshine from potatoes. Moonshine was a step too far, but wine was possible, so a trip to the homebrew section in Boots was in order and his home brew journey commenced. In secret the ingredients were mixed and put in the demijohns even outwitting the housemaster by hiding the demijohns in the roof void; luckily, they were never found, but in the dead of night, you could hear them bubbling away.
This sparked a passion for home brewing which has continued throughout his life with everything from cider to beer, wine to mead.
As his children became adults, they too started to show an interest in his home-brewing antics, which eventually led to the question, "why don't we try to make spirits?".
So after a lot of research, pain, planning and testing (or should we say sampling the product), eventually, the first Wicstun Gin was born.
Soon after, the main flavours started to evolve, and our hobby naturally turned into a family business.
THE WICSTUN DISTILLERY TEAM
The distillery is run by our family Jago, Lisa, Emily and Alex. We all get involved will all aspects, from recipe development & distilling to bottling, and sales.
LICENCING
In 2021 we started the process of licencing and registering as a distillery and finally, in March 2022, we were delighted to become the first fully licenced distillery based in Market Weighton, East Yorkshire.
Our next venture was to expand our coverage and start trading as Applecross Distillery in the highlands of Scotland in December 2022. This is a place which is very close to our whole family and somewhere we love spending time.
Since then, we have gone from strength to strength with many new flavours in the pipeline.
WHY DO WE NEED FUNDING
To take this venture to the next stage, where we can start to grow the business, enabling us to employ staff, we need some help.
As a family, we have put our hearts and souls into this venture, but we now need help to raise the funds to turn our dream into a flourishing business.
We have purchased all of the equipment to develop, distil and bottle up to 1500 bottles per month. The recipe development is complete, and our customer base is growing. But to take this to the next stage, we require a significant cash injection to enable us to develop our brand image and enable us to focus on marketing and sales. Unfortunately, this all takes time and money.
This is where you come in; every ticket purchased enables us to move one step closer to realising our dream
Please support our project by buying a ticket.
Good luck, and thank you for your support.
www.wicstun-distillery.co.uk
* You must be over 18 to enter. The prize will only be posted to a UK address.
This project successfully funded on 12th February 2023