After tasting some of Tennent's products, including exclusive brews, visitors will take a short trip to the distillery where a tour and guided tasting of Makar Gin and single malt awaits. USP: Manchester Gin has partnered with florists Interflora to create a gin designed to be enjoyed both warm and cold. The Chamomile and Echinacea Gin features botanicals including echinacea, chamomile, nutmeg, lemon verbena and cassia bark. 100% of the profits will go to The Bumblebee Conservation Trust. During the tour, visitors will learn about the Darnley's story, meet Dorothy the copper still, find out more about the history and botanicals before trying the three gins. USP: The gin is created by barrel-resting the distiller’s flagship Betty’s Gin for six months, resulting in notes of oak that are “reminiscent of whisky”. To find out more and see the distillation process, visitors can visit the still house for a 75 minute tour and tasting of the gin, sherry and signature gimlet.

Tours are held in collaboration with Tennent's, so it's worth making a day of it to find out more about one of the best-loved names and the newest in the drink scene in Glasgow.Caorunn gin, created at Balmenach distillery in Speyside, is another of the big whisky distillery gins. Their gin comes in three core bottlings – navy-strength, original and the 1947 – as well as the occasional limited edition. USP: Majestic celebrated English Wine Week 2022 with the launch of a new Definition Bacchus – the first still English wine to join the company’s own label range. It is made for the retailer by Henners in East Sussex. Eden Mill is located just a couple of miles west of the famous home of golf, and is considered to be one of Scotland’s most unique distilleries in that it is also a brewery.

Hand distilled in Ullapool, it’s a vibrant, opulent gin with notes of perfumed forest fruit, and spicy hints of coriander and pink peppercorns giving it a long, warm finish. Guided tastings are available from April until September on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays from 12pm. Refined from five generations of family rum production near Jalandhar in Northern Punjab and made with sugarcane traditionally grown on the Sanghera family’s farm, the liquid is re-distilled with Indian spices to create a unique flavour best served over ice, with tonic.” Throughout the week, the Oro team run a bespoke programme of Distillery Tours and Tasting Classes, from 10am – 4pm, Monday to Friday.USP: The rum is from the new distiller’s first batch. Manatii was established to help Hurricane Dorian relief efforts, and 5% of each sale will be donated to the charity IDEA Relief – a Bahamian-based marine disaster response and preparation organisation.

They also have a Simmer gin, which is inspired by the Shetland skies and summer twilight and features notes of orange and liquorice, and have created limited edition spirits such as one for the Up Helly Aa Festival. If you're planning a trip to the Hebrides and Harris, it is well worth popping into the custom built distillery for a tour and spot of lunch. Before starting the Oro Distilling Co with my mum and dad I was a chemical biology student finishing my master’s in chemistry. I was offered a PhD in Bio-physical Chemistry; however, I just couldn’t see myself continuing in this direction for the rest of my life. To be honest my heart just wasn’t there anymore in this field of Science. My mum is a chef and psychologist and my father had a successful wholesale business including import and export of dry goods and alcohols. As a family we decided on a career change. Discovering Uist’s food and drink - from smoked salmon to award-winning gin Port of Leith Distillery (Tower Street, Leith Edinburgh) Picture: Port of Leith DistilleryUsing small batches of pure grain spirit which are triple distilled for smoothness, the gin is created using the distillery’s unique Copper Berry Chamber, which was made in the 1920s. This three hour experience includes a complimentary tutored tasting, instruction and talk from Crossbill’s founder, a personalised 50cl bottle of your own recipe gin and a discount at the distillery shop.