From concept to bottle — we design innovative, scalable spirit and liqueur recipes with exceptional technical standards.
Specialist beverage development & contract distilling for spirits brands
At Pleasant Land Distillery, our beverage development services set a new benchmark in contract spirits production. We partner with brands to craft unique alcoholic beverages — gin, vodka, whiskey, rum, vermouth, liqueurs and more — using sustainable processes, expert innovation, and technical excellence to build scale for brand success.
Why Choose Us For Beverage Development?
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Concept Development & Bespoke Recipe Design
We produce all classic spirits and liqueurs, and specialise in unique new product development for innovators in all categories.
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Technical Excellence
Fermentation, specialist still operations, aging, filtration and bottling — conducted fully in‑house. Market research & category insight from our industry experts
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Complete Product Development & Scale Up
From NPD recipe design or recipe recreation, and lab trial batches to commercial volume, including bottling and labelling services.
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Sustainability Embedded
Solar‑powered stills, biomass boilers, closed‑loop rainwater systems reduce our water and energy usage by ~90%.
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Fulfilment Solution
We offer fulfilment solutions for our clients, including bonded storage on-site and in-house sales consulting for select customers.
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Award-Winning Products
Many of our clients have gone on to win industry awards at acclaimed competitions, including the IWSC & SFWSC.
Process Outline
Consultation & Concept Development
We begin with your brand vision. Our beverage development experts work with you to prototype recipes that match your desired taste profile, ingredient palette, pricing, and scale requirements.
New Product Development or Recipe Recreation
Once your concept is firmed up, our team begins raw material sourcing, experimentation and recipe development for your product. 3 rounds of sample creation, feedback, and adjustments are included in our development package.
Lab-Scale Trials & Technical Refinement
Small‑batch fermentation and distillation trials are conducted using our hybrid column and pot stills. We refine protocols to ensure consistency, efficiency, and quality excellence. You retain all IP.
Scale-Up & Pilot Batches
Once the recipe is finalised after sampling and feedback, we transition to a scale‑up production batch, ensuring full product consistency throughout the process.
Maturation, Blending & Bottling
We manage ageing regimes, final blending, filtration, labelling and bottling packaging processes —operating a clean‑room bottling line to maintain quality integrity.
Bonded storage & Fulfilment
We offer bonded storage once your project is bottled, labelled and palletised. Fulfilment options are available for select customers.
Sustainability
Every recipe developed under our beverage development service is backed by sustainable distilling practices, carbon‑neutral energy, and your chosen level of ingredient traceability.
Our Customers
Technical Infrastructure & Credentials
- Versatile still set-up: hybrid column still and vintage copper pot still; additional experimental lab stills.
- Turnkey production set-up: fermenters, aging cask library, natural colouring and stabilising library, clean room bottling & labelling line.
- Industry Excellence: WSET, Institute of Brewers & Distillers, and Herriot Watt trained team with decades of global spirits experience.
Sustainability Highlights
- 90% reduction in water usage and waste production, via closed-loop rainwater harvesting.
- 100% renewable energy via solar panels and biomass steam boilers.
- Zero-waste philosophy: stillage and fruit pulp feed black soldier fly larvae and are reused within hyper-local farm systems.
Health & Safety
- Technical & quality assurance, analytical testing and dedicated quality control across all processes.
- Compliance, our team ensures strict compliance to regulatory requirements and third-party standards.
- Accreditation: we adhere here to and have regular audits on site for food safety schemes, including SALSA.
