You’ve Met the Makers, but how did we meet? You may know that Andy’s been a professional actor for 20+ years and has toured with Shakespeare’s Globe & Northern Broadsides Theatre Company. You can also spy him in the odd episode of Cold Feet, Ashes to Ashes, Last of the Summer Wine, Merlin and (Zoe’s favourite) as… Continue Reading
Hello, Everyone, We’ve been asked this quite a lot these last couple of weeks and we are now able to reveal our plans. From August 10th we are reopening and re-imagining the Shed. We’ve missed seeing you all and we can’t wait to start welcoming you back. However, it has to be safe for all.… Continue Reading
Launched by City to Sea, National Refill Day encourages us to refill our water bottles and help prevent plastic pollution. Here at the Shed, we’ve launched our own REFILL SERVICE. Not water, but GIN! Those in the area can bring their empty SHED 1 GIN BOTTLES to be refilled. At the moment we have a… Continue Reading
Happy World Gin Day! June 13th is the day the world celebrates all that is Juniper. Juniper berries are the major ingredient in Gin but did you know that they aren’t actually berries? They are female seed cones with a piney, citrus flavour. The word “Gin” derives from the Dutch word “jenever” (genever), meaning juniper.… Continue Reading
Before lockdown we offered Gin Experiences to visitors of the Shed. Make Your Own Distilled Gin, Afternoon G&Teas, Gin Tour and Tastings and Make Your Own Bath Tub Gin. We’ve been ruminating on how to bring those experiences to you. So far, we’ve been delivering and offering Click & Collect for our Afternoon G&Teas and… Continue Reading
Hello, Everyone! A huge thank you to all of you who joined us for our first Facebook Livestream. A few of you even asked if we’d do more. Be careful what you wish for, because we will! For those who weren’t able to watch live, you can still catch it via our videos on… Continue Reading
We loved showing off the distillery on The Gin Guide’s live Instagram feed, last week. Lots of positive feedback. Thank you to all of you for watching and commenting. Since then, we’ve been chatting to our friend and fellow Ulverston business owner, Tom Kindred Spirits Cocktails, and we’ve come up with a plan! Tom created… Continue Reading
Hello, All. Hope you’re well and staying safe. Before lock down we had regular Gin Tours at our distillery and we have been missing them. So, we hope you’ll join us and Paul, spirits write and creator of the The Gin Guide on a live stream, split screen, Instagram feed! We’ve tidied up the distillery,… Continue Reading
Hello Everyone! We are very grateful to HIGH WINDS COMMUNITY ENERGY for this generous donation. It means we can continue to produce sanitiser without having to ask you, the lovely public, for more donations. We are also pleased to say that having plugged some gaps for council departments it looks like PPE is now getting… Continue Reading
We are so chuffed! We’re the winner of the global Gin Guide Awards Small Producer Environmental Sustainability category. “Awarded to the small producer that has most successfully shown widespread and ongoing commitment to achieving their environmental sustainability objectives across multiple initiatives, with innovative solutions, proven impact and a culture of sustainability.” We’ve got… Continue Reading
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