Scottish distillery launch ‘climate positive’ gin made from peas
date:Feb 24, 2020
tay University and The James Hutton Institute.

Most gins are made from spirit distilled from cereals such as wheat, barley or maize. Growing peas means no synthetic nitrogen fertiliser is needed, and so its negative environmental impact on waterways, air and soils is avoided.

Peas also benefit the ecosystem as a whole, improving soil quality and offsetting synthetic nitrogen fertiliser requirements of other crops, which follow peas in the crop rotation.

Blacks PhD at Abertay University and th
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