Electric spirit co. kicked off in 2014, distilling for the first time in summer the following year. It was the first distillery to operate in Leith since the closure of Melrose drover, 40 years earlier.  

In an inadvertently hipster move, the original distillery was installed in the old James Dunbar lemonade factory, and was about the size of a small kitchen. It had a ten litre glass still, a sink, and some benches, but it got things going. This was where Achroous gin was born.    
Since then, things have grown dramatically. Electric helped the team at the port of Leith distillery get up and running with their gin production, and together, we moved into the tower street stillhouse. We now share a 500 litre genio g-still, a forklift, and a frankly palatial shed that serves as our distillery office.
To our knowledge, the way we work together is unique in the distilling world.  We regularly bicker like an old couple, but we love each other really.