gin to his schoolmates has bucked the trend during lockdown by launching his own drinks business.Bruce Walker, 22, from Broomhill in Glasgow's west end, turned his passion for spirits into a company called Purist Gin after finding himself jobless when the first coronavirus lockdown hit.Within months of him launching, the first batch of his new juniper spirit had won a bronze medal at the Scottish Gin Awards in a category with 150 entrants, including established names like Edinburgh Gin and Isle of Harris gin.The Glasgow-based entrepreneur told the PA news agency his love for spirits began in his teenage years, when he would make so-called "bathtub gin" by infusing botanicals in a jar with a raw alcohol for his classmates to enjoy at.
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