Young Glasgow man launches successful gin business after 'stern talking to' at school
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