Raising a glass to the River Tweed as new gin is launched to help raise funds
An environmental charity is raising a glass to toast the River Tweed.
Tweed Forum has launched a new craft gin to help raise funds for its conservation work across the 5,000 km² River Tweed catchment and aid the survival of the river’s Atlantic salmon population.
River Tweed Gin is being distilled at Selkirk Distillery and a portion of each sale will go to support Tweed Forum’s native tree planting projects to help protect and enhance the river, its wildlife and the fish that rely on it.
The River Tweed is one of the most famous salmon rivers in the world, but its fish populations are threatened by climate change and the adverse effects of decades of habitat loss and land use intensification.
Tree planting is a vital element of Tweed Forum’s work, bringing multiple benefits for the river environment and helping to provide the cool, clean waters and biologically rich environment that support the life cycle of salmon, from spawning to juvenile development and beyond.
River Tweed Gin has been carefully distilled using botanicals foraged from the river’s surrounding landscape including water mint and sweet cicely.
The result is a crisp, refreshing gin with a fresh, vital aroma and delicate grassy, herbal notes.
Tweed Forum CEO Luke Comins, said: “We hope that people from the Borders, north Northumberland and beyond will purchase a bottle of our new River Tweed Gin and help our efforts to protect and enhance this very special river and the salmon fishery it supports.”
It costs £38 for a 70cl bottle (plus postage), with £7 from every bottle supporting Tweed Forum’s work. It can be purchased through the Selkirk Distillery website.