The Jaunty Camper Gin Brand

The Jaunty Camper Gin brand is a combination of two huge loves - classic campervans and craft gin. It began with creating a gin which celebrated the Jaunty Camper herself - a 1972 VW T2 called Jasmine - and expanded through exploration of other botanical and vehicle interests.

The Ginnery - a new home

My little gin brand began with support from two more established local brands, but 2024 saw the establishment of a gin HQ for the Jaunty Camper brand. While it isn’t be open to the public, the new space allows the brand a little bit more elbow room and flexibility as the brand’s reach continues to grow.

About Me

I am the crazy lady who fell in love with a classic campervan called Jasmine after a weekend hire, who then bought her (almost 5 years later) and ran a little hire company for a couple of years. I am the craft gin enthusiast who toured around Scotland visiting small gin places trying to put together routes for Gin Jaunts in classic VW campervans. Although I had to stick a pin in that idea for now, it did lead me to a Gin School where I put all my research to good use and created the recipe for what would go on to be The Jaunty Camper Gin!

Having used my powers of persuasion (and PowerPoint) on my local craft gin producers at McLean’s Gin and building a creative team from local artists Christine Allan and Anne Anderson, I am the lucky lady who took a chance on the big time (ok, small time) and launched a craft gin during a pandemic. I couldn’t have done it without the support of my team - although I am a solo business operator, I surround myself with great people and shout about their contributions as often as I can.

I continued with recipe development until I had a range of gins that I was happy to put my name to - continuing to use the contract distilling skills of Colin McLean from McLean’s Gin and the team at Biggar Gin, I brought to market The Jammy Damsel Old Tom Gin and The Feisty Biker Navy Strength Gin and completed the set with a fourth gin - the world’s first green tomato gin The Racy GT. Next to arrive in the range was a spirit that is not a gin, Hoose Measure is a unique spirit crafted from locally sourced garden botanicals for something gin-like … but different.

The most recent releases are a pair of citrus gins which are named to reflect the joy of conversation with good friends. Spirited Blether Gin is a slightly spiced citrus gin and Spirited Blether Explicit is the slightly stronger, slightly spicier, gin big sister - created to reflect how those conversations go when the drink is flowing and the explicit language comes out!

I have branched out into other collaborations along the way and always enjoy exploring what other kinds of mischief are out there for the Jaunty Camper brand to get mixed up in!

Thanks for being interested, and I hope you enjoy my gin!