Hilltop Exeter Gin - Juniper Rich, Award-Winning, Complex and Smooth, Bold Aroma, 100 Percent Recyclable, Luxurious Treat, Great Taste, Family Run, 44 Percent ABV, 1 x 70 cl

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The Gin Nest is a gin school based in Torquay where you can create your own gin using a traditional copper pot still. During their sessions you’ll also learn about the history of gin, the different methods to make it and how different botanicals can change the flavour. Papillon Gin, Moretonhampstead Alternatively, you can walk from Exeter Central station in 20 minutes and Exeter St Davids Station in 25 minutes. This is why they decided to introduce make-your-own gin experiences, enabling people to use a fusion of botanicals to create their own unique gin. Nestled on the edge of Dartmoor National Park, Dartmoor Whiskey Distillery are Devon’s first and only single malt whiskey producer and pride themselves on producing unique, excellent tasting whiskey from every barrel. Using the finest local ingredients and fresh Dartmoor spring water, each bottle is made using a single malt and is aged in an individual cask for unique flavour and colour. They also welcome customers to visit the distillery for one of their Whisky Tasting Experiences, available every Saturday. Exeter Gin, Teignmouth

This story inspired Karen and her family to use botanicals used by the Romans and celebrate Exeter’s heritage. Tasting Note If you’re in the middle of planning a special group getaway look no further than Exeter – we’ve put together the best activities in our city. We guarantee these will be crowd pleasers! Spread out over the ground floor, the Exeter Quayside Distillery bar is a fantastic place to chill out in.Situated on Exeter’s historic Quay, Quayside distillery are a bar, gin school and distillery who use a modern method of creating gin using vacuum distillation. Join them in their ‘lab’ to learn the fundamentals of building a well-balanced gin whilst creating your own unique recipe. Brixham Gin, Brixham After tasting Devon Gin, Hamish brings out a second gin not yet labelled so the cloudiness is clearly visible through the clear glass bottle. Cloudy Gins are not uncommon as the botanicals are full of essential oils (in particular the juniper berries and citrus peels) these oils dissolve during distillation and are held in the ethanol solution, when water is added (during the cutting process) the oils drop out of the solution causing a milky cloud, this is known as louching. Many distillers will try to avoid louching by controlling the botanicals or filtering (which can cause loss of delicate flavours) instead Hamish has embraced the louche effect and named this gin ‘Ghost’ – great! A cloudy spirit called Ghost is pretty inspired. The mere fact the recipe has double the juniper of his Devon Gin obviously contributes to the cloudiness, this recipe also includes liquorice and green anise, he explains that he’s still fine tuning it but I know this is going to be a sure hit. Perhaps one of the most recognisable and oldest Devonshire Gin, Plymouth Gin is a style and brand of gin that has been distilled on the very same premises on the Barbican in Plymouth since 1793. The distillery offers tours and tasting experiences and also have a stunning, traditional-looking bar. Devon Distillery, Torquay The initial burst of juicy apple greets the taste buds, followed by the gentle warmth of cinnamon and nutmeg that lingers on the tongue.

Located in the heart of Salcombe, Salcombe Gin create luxurious gins using the finest botanicals and water from Dartmoor to create a perfectly balanced drink. Their distillery also contains a light and airy bar and they host a gin school where you can distil your own bottle of gin. The Dartmouth Distillery Co nr, Ivybridge Sidmouth Gin is a small, family-run distillery who use botanicals sourced fresh from the beach and surrounding Sid Valley area, giving their gin a true taste of Sidmouth. They currently boast two awards for their gins. Devon Cove, Hope CoveKaren Skerratt opened a pop-up gin bar in Exeter after a successful foray into the street food market sector. Through talking with customers and some market research, she identified a great need in the market for a local gin and thus established, Exeter Gin. To ensure their rum meets the highest standards, Hattier Rum use only the purest water supply, which comes from Dartmoor and is bottled at the source. Hattiers rums are an independent and family-owned rum distillery who create exceptionally blended rum to be enjoyed by those who love the spirit and by those who are new to it. TORS Vodka, Okehampton Drinking a quality London dry gin offers many benefits for luxury-minded drinkers looking for something special and unique to enjoy on special occasions or just when relaxing at home after work. Since they don't contain any added sugars or artificial flavourings, these types of gins tend to be less cloying than their sweeter counterparts—a great option if you don't care for overly sweet spirits—and they pair well with tonic water or other mixers since they're not too sweet on their own. Distilling London Dry Gin in Devon Keep an eye out for some of these names when you visit our restaurants and bars and many of them can be bought online if you’d prefer to experience them in the comfort of your own home. If you’d like to find out more about our Devonshire alcohol, take a read of our Vineyards & Wineries blog post. This artisanal moonshine is a harmonious balance of sweet and spicy, ensuring a taste that is both familiar and delightfully unique.

I won’t go into the whole process in this article – you’ll have to do a tour to find out – but they use different stills to most gin distilleries, which enables them to infuse many more flavours than you’ll find elsewhere. Award-winning gin makers Papillon Gin are a Dartmoor-based distillery, located in Moretonhampstead. As well as traditional gin botanicals, they use ‘Dartmoor flavours’ such as fresh gorse flowers from the moor, nettles and Devon violets. Exeter Distillery, Exeter

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The Dartmouth Distillery Co. can be found at The Calancombe Estate near Ivybridge. Full-bodied and refreshing, their gin is made with herbs, flowers, fruit and spring water from the Calancombe Estate. Plymouth Gin Distillery, Plymouth Exeter – a city full of fabulous food and drink, addictive culture, picture-perfect spots and exciting activities. This makes it a city PERFECT for a hen and stag do! Our city is filled with green open spaces, which means that it’s perfect for outdoor activity! Explore the grounds of Escot House on a quad bikego kart or head to Skirmish Activity Centre for a thrilling session of paintballing or axe throwing! If you're after an activity with spectacular views, book a Segway session at Haldon Forest! Tours include a gin and tonic on arrival, a few samples and a gin-based drink at the end. Of course, you’ll also enjoy a full demonstration of how this gin is uniquely made and how the distillery differs from others. This experience lasts 90 minutes and includes a welcome gin and tonic, an introduction to distilling and the opportunity to create your own unique gin with ingredients from their extensive botanicals list.

This is followed by Hamish’s ‘Apple Pie Moonshine’, another intensive process which Hamish admits has taken many months to perfect, the base spirit is grain alcohol which is blended with apple juice concentrate, apple syrup, demerara sugar and cinnamon. The process can’t be rushed therefore production is very time consuming but the result is a real crowd pleaser, one sip and you are hooked. Thunderflower Gin is a nano-distillery based in Teignmouth. They create their gin in small batches using only vapour infusion to extract the flavour from the botanicals and use pure, spring water from Dartmoor to dilute the gin. Two Drifters, Exeter

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Whether you want to create a gin for a special occasion, make a birthday present, or just fancy having your own unique spirit, you’ll love this gin-making experience. This dreamy, spiced apple spirit used to be made in the rafters above The Fat Pig pub in Central Exeter. Opened initially by Hamish Lothian, not only was it the UK’s first commercial micro-distillery, he also distilled Exeter’s very first gin.