Kavadarci · North Macedonia · 41.4317° N, 22.0117° E
Every bottle traces to
a place we walked.
A small distillery making craft gin, vodka and seasonal fruit rakija — organised not by what's in the bottle, but by the route that put it there.
The story behind the name
Roots
Macedonian juniper, Berovo plums, wild herbs harvested from the mountains. Simple ingredients used for refreshingly quirky recipes.
- · Hand-foraged botanicals
- · Family orchards and small farms
- · Small-batch distillation
Routes
Spice markets in Jordan, a trek through the Himalaya, a quiet beach in Sierra Leone. Every route leaves a trace in our bottles — and every bottle traces back to its route.
- · Six routes, six gins
- · Coordinates, dates, field notes
- · One founder from each side of the Atlantic
The season board · Edition 01
What's pouring, what's resting.
The board at the stillhouse door, copied here. Six routes, six gins — all pouring now.
Currently pouring · 6 routes open
- Route No. 01The Road HomeThe Road Home
No. 01Road Home41.4317° N, 22.0117° ECurrently pouring
- Route No. 02The Mediterranean RouteThe Five Shores
No. 02Mediterranean Route37.9° N — 45.3° N, 12.5° E — 23.7° ECurrently pouring
- Route No. 03The Himalayan RouteCloudy Valley
No. 03Himalayan Route27.7172° N, 85.3240° ECurrently pouring
- Route No. 04The Nabataean RouteNabataean Oasis
No. 04Nabataean Route30.3285° N, 35.4444° ECurrently pouring
- Route No. 05The Freetown CoastCoco Gin
No. 05Freetown Coast8.4657° N, 13.2317° WCurrently pouring
- Route No. 06The Molly Stark TrailThe Route 9 Imperial
No. 06Molly Stark Trail42.3601° N, 71.0589° W → 43.0962° N, 79.0377° WCurrently pouring
Resting · next release
Pick of the season
The Road Home
"A classic London Dry Gin. Mountain juniper, no detours."
No. 01Road Home41.4317° N, 22.0117° ECurrently pouring
From orchard to bottle
A slow, patient process.
- 01
Walk first, distill later
Every bottle starts with a road. A coordinate, a date, a notebook page. Then we go home and figure out the recipe.
- 02
Local ingredients
Foraged botanicals, family-orchard fruit, Macedonian grain — chosen by hand, in season.
- 03
Fermentation
Slow, wild-yeast fermentation in oak vats and stainless tanks. We wait until the fruit is ready.
- 04
Distillation
Small-batch copper-pot stills. Every run is cut by hand — only the heart is kept.
- 05
Bottling
Rested in glass, labelled by hand, signed and dated. Each bottle wears its route.
Botanical explorations
A small atlas of flavour.
Every gin starts with wild juniper and water from Macedonia. The rest of the recipe is built from memory — botanicals, herbs and spices chosen not because we picked them off the road, but because they capture the spirit of the places that inspired each route.
Wild juniper
Macedonia
Rosemary
Macedonia
Plum
Macedonia
Coconut & chilli
Inspired by Sierra Leone
Wild thyme
Inspired by Macedonia
Cardamom
Inspired by Nepal
Black tea
Inspired by Jordan
Coriander
Inspired by the Aegean
Visit us in Kavadarci
Come for a drink.
Stay for the sunset.
The distillery isn't open to drop-in visitors, but we're by Lake Tikveš Wednesday to Sunday — come say hello and taste what's currently pouring.
From the field notes
Dispatches from the still & the road.
Recipe Notes
The Kitchen Bench Trials
Before there was a distillery, there was a kitchen counter covered in pots, jars, empty glass bottles and hoses carrying water to and from the stovetop still.
October 2026 · 4 min
Ingredient Notes
Scouting Macedonian Juniper
Every gin starts with juniper, and ours starts at home. Early notes on sourcing botanicals around Tikveš as we prepare for Batch 01.
October 2026 · 3 min
Letters from Kavadarci
Slow letters. Seasonal recipes. The occasional invitation.
We write a few times a year, never more. New routes, harvest stories, cocktail ideas.