Manchester Gin

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Bee-Ginning was founded in 2018 by husband and wife Dave & Ang Gandy. Born out of a love and passion for gin, Bee-Ginning started life as a mobile gin bar, hosting gin events across the North West and beyond. Join our 1,000-litre still, Wonder Wend, who sits pride of place in our beautiful arches, where you can see what’s being distilled each day and chat to our distillers about the processes behind each spirit. With a delightful selection of flavours in beautifully presented bottles, you can’t go wrong with this great Manchester brand.

Image Credit: https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/food-drink-news/seven-brothers-four-sisters-salford-14212296 We’ll give you a brief history of the famous spirit as you learn about the distilling process, botanicals and aromas of Bombay Sapphire! Next, you will craft your very own gin garden… a long drink with Bombay Sapphire gin, lemon juice and basil-infused syrup, all topped with crisp Prosecco. Simple, refreshing and utterly delicious, garnished your way with our selection of fruits & herbs. Finally, a classic with a twist! Create a perfect serve gin copa with the unique ‘stir-creatively’ Bombay Sapphire edible paint. As the ice, gin and tonic blend together, a stripe of paint on the inside of the glass slowly infuses delicious flavour and a hint of colour into the drink. Set up by Sherwin Acebuche and Tim Driver, the unique flavours of Tarsier’s beautiful gins have been inspired by their travels around the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia. Atlas Bar do gin tasting in Manchester. “Situated in the railway arches of Deansgate, Atlas Bar has been a Manchester icon for two decades, and has matured into an elegant, quality bar specialising in gins from around the world; over 520 at the last count! The largest offer in Manchester City Centre. Winner of Best Spirits Bar North West and Best Bar Team North West in The Great British Pub Awards alongside the Design My Night Best Beer Garden Award and a finalist in the 2019 Star Pub Awards for Best Spirits Bar in the UK.”Seb and Jen, owners and gin lovers, started the distillery in their dining room in 2016 where they aimed to distil 100 bottles of gin per month.

Our tours and experiences are the perfect way to open our doors to our community and all the gin lovers out there, for them to see first hand how we produce our gin, meet our Stills Frederica & Venetia and taste our products at source. Our family story is at the essence of everything we do and our events allow our followers to not only learn about how we craft our gin, but also feel part of the family.” Zymurgorium Welcome to The Spirit of Manchester Distillery, the home to award-winning Manchester Gin, Manchester Spirit Vodka and One-Eyed Rebel. The ‘Taste the Distillery’ experience launches from 22nd October 2021 and will allow visitors the opportunity to taste and learn about six spirits, including multi award-winning Manchester Gin, as The Spirit of Manchester Distillery is behind the new experience.Experience the thrill of the legendary Manchester Gin Tasting! Brace yourself for an unforgettable adventure at the world-famous Spirit of Manchester Distillery. Prepare to savor the irresistible delight of a heavenly double Manchester Gin and tonic, expertly crafted to tantalize your taste buds.

Well look no further, as a brand new spirits tasting experience is launching in the heart of Manchester city centre – and there’s vodka, rum and gin on the menu. Boothstown Gin was inspired by Joseph Evans (1803-1874). A famous Botanist and herbalist from Boothstown, highly revered by the local community. He practised his science and held open surgeries for all comers in public houses around the area. Situated in the railway arches of Deansgate, Atlas Bar has been a Manchester icon for over two decades, and has matured into an elegant, quality bar specialising in gins from around the world; over 570 at the last count!

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The family-run Sis4ers Distillery in Salford is just a 10 minute drive from the city centre. Offering an array of fun tours and experiences, this distillery is truly like no other. The four sisters who run the distillery describe it as “warm, welcoming and authentic”, and say that to drink their gin is to become part of their family. To find out more, we had a chat with Lucy from Sis4ers gin distillery. After being a bartender for 14 years, Faith & Sons owner Filipe Sousa decided to take a leap of faith as he and his family moved to Manchester and started their distillation journey. After replacing their kitchen table with a small flame-fired copper still, the rest was then history. All of the gins featured in Faith & Sons’ range have meaning that’s personal to them, such as their original gin which Filipe designed to evoke memories of home and his childhood. It’s a classic London Dry-style gin using six organic botanicals – juniper, coriander, angelica, liquorice, lemon verbena and mandarin peel.

To celebrate the new visitor experience, The Spirit of Manchester Distillery has created a new Spirits Tasting Room, housed within the stunning Grade-II listed railway arches on Watson Street. I gave away several thousand bottles in the end. It cost me a small fortune, at a time when trade dropped off a cliff. But I'd do it again.” Thomas Dakin I chose the Lemon Verbena that grew in our garden, followed by mandarins - my favourite fruit that my grandfather used to buy for me”, Filipe says, “This resulted in a taste of Portuguese sunshine with a touch of saudade”. Worsley Gin Defiance is an original, innovative distillery which doesn’t follow convention. Crafting unique spirits with eye-catching designs. Defiance Distillery was launched by Paul Sheerin in 2017, an outlet for his passion for food and drink which started in his 20s while travelling the world. Defiance represents Paul’s passion for quality and design, which can be seen in everything he creates. Shortly after launching the Distillery was built in the foothills of Oldham/Saddleworth which is open on Friday nights as a gin experience bar on Friday nights and as a Gin Academy on Saturday, which means the passion can be shared with the wider public Guests will get an insight into what goes into the process, this is then followed by a tutored tasting of The Spirit of Manchester Distillery spirit range where guests can learn about the flavour profiles and get a taste of what the team is so passionate about.The experience will focus on the tasting of One-Eyed Rebel Rum and Manchester Spirit Vodka, and also includes two favourites from the gin range including Manchester Gin Raspberry Infused and Manchester Gin Hacienda – all of which is produced in the centre of the city. Tameside Gin is the area’s first ever gin distillery, based in Denton - just a 25 minute drive from Manchester city centre. Their product range is crafted with 100% natural plant-based ingredients and described as "proper”, “no nonsense” gin. We chatted to the owner of Tameside Gin, Lee Chisnall, who told us a little bit about what the last few months have looked like for the company. Though inspired by Japan, Kuro has its roots in Manchester. Craig Fell and John Thomson have taken the pine-scented ski slopes of Japan and with the help of a master distiller behind most of the gins on your supermarket shelf, created a fresh, clean gin with botanicals including silver birch and bamboo. This gin from the four sisters of the seven brothers is actually from Salford, but as I love both cities and gin can be found at the Seven Bro7hers Beerhouse in Ancoats, I think that allows me to include it (plus I’m the one writing it, so…). Another difference with this gin is that it’s distilled a little differently. The botanicals are held in the basket at the top of the still so it’s light and crisp. A very easy drinker. Our second city centre-based gin is Manchester Three Rivers. Taking inspiration from Manchester’s past, present and future, it’s the creation of Dave Rigby, who moved from lecturing to bar owning to master distiller.