Jam Bothy

Jam Bothy’s craft is dictated entirely by the Scottish seasonal fruit calendar. Surrounded by the exceptional soft fruit fields of Angus, they work directly with local farmers, including the McDonald family, to source their strawberries and rhubarb.

This close relationship ensures fruit like Malling Centenary strawberries are hand-picked from the local drills and taken straight back to the bothy. The same exacting standard applies to their rhubarb: using roughly 24 kilos per batch, they harvest rich, red, glossy stalks from May through August to give their jams a vibrant, natural colour. For founder Kim Cameron, this connection to the local harvest is deeply personal, evoking childhood memories of summer holidays spent picking berries in these very drills. Today, that tactile heritage is poured into every batch they create.

Their respect for the landscape extends directly into a zero-waste production process. When crafting botanical spirits for their sister brand, Gin Bothy, fresh local Scottish raspberries are steeped in the gin. Rather than discarding this exceptional fruit once the infusion is complete, it is repurposed and hand-batched in traditional open pans to create their preserves. Operating from a fully SALSA-accredited jam kitchen, the team ensures every jar meets the highest standards while remaining entirely vegan-friendly.

We are proud to feature Jam Bothy within our curated collections, chosen for their authentic local provenance and uncompromising traditional methods.

Crafted simply using Scottish raspberries, sugar, pectin, citric acid, and a splash of their own Gin Bothy gin. Because the fruit is steeped in botanical spirits before being gently hand-batched into jam, it delivers a brilliantly sweet and tart flavour profile with a complex, warming zing. It is a sublime addition to thickly sliced morning toast, or a vibrant, deeply satisfying pairing for an artisan cheese board.