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Last week while traveling in Scotland, we stopped at a little roadside restaurant, “Stonehouse” for lunch outside of Foulis on the A9.\u00a0 Beside the restaurant was their giftshop.\u00a0 There covering two entire top shelves was this selection of Gins.<\/p>\n

This is without a doubt the largest selection of Gins I’ve ever seen in one place.\u00a0 Certainly outside of a ‘warehouse’ type store.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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Last week while traveling in Scotland, we stopped at a little roadside restaurant, “Stonehouse” for lunch outside of Foulis on the A9.\u00a0 Beside the restaurant was their giftshop.\u00a0 There covering two entire top shelves was this selection of Gins. 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