COVID UPDATE & FACE MASKS AFTER JULY 19TH. We have been following the COVID update from the government and the advice from the medical experts and have made a decision about Face Masks at The Shed after the changes in regulations from July 19th. England's chief medical officer Chris Whitty and chief scientific adviser Sir […]

Shed Loads of Love Gin Jelly Marmalade won GOLD at The World Marmalade Awards! We popped up to Dalemain House & Gardens in Penrith so Zoe could be presented with her GOLD award for her Shed Loads of Love Gin Jelly Marmalade. "These quirky awards were founded in 2005 by Jane Hasell-McCosh with the initial […]

We met the Prime Minister at Downing Street on Friday, June 29th! The event was to launch ‘Together for Our Planet’, a nationwide campaign in the run up to the UN Climate Summit in November of this year that will encourage small businesses to commit to cutting their carbon emissions. The campaign will celebrate small […]

We had a great day at The Shed with the return of our Afternoon G&Teas gin experience The gin experience begins with a welcome gin and a short Distillery Tour. Then you can relax in our stylish bar and enjoy our botanical-inspired Afternoon G&Tea. Taking inspiration from the botanicals we use in our gin, we've […]

Here's a very special cocktail created by Masterchef winner, Irini Tzortzoglou. Irini lives in the culinary Cumbrian village of Cartmel, where you'll find Michelin stars, Sticky Toffee Pudding, award-winning cheeses and brewery, the medieval Cartmel Priory and more. Since winning Masterchef in 2019, Irini has been busy with so many projects and also found time […]

There's been dancing in The Shed! Andy and Zoe Arnold-Bennett of Shed 1 Distillery, Ulverston, are celebrating a double win in internationally acclaimed The Gin Guide Awards. The Gin Guide Awards is the annual and global celebration of the exceptional spirits, distilleries and distillers in the industry. In 2021 the quality and diversity of entries […]

We were playing with a creamy cocktail idea that would go with our *Fancy Frolic Gin and Amarula came to mind. Being a liqueur made with fruit we knew it would complement the ingredients  in our Fancy Frolic Gin. Once we created the cocktail we needed a name. So, we handed that job over to […]

We're absolutely thrilled to announce that we have made the finals in TWO categories of The Gin Guide Awards! "This means that your gin/s achieved very high judging scores to place you above the threshold to be a Finalist. With hundreds of entries from over 30 countries, it is an incredible achievement that requires consistent […]

Do you love Strawberry Gin? Then you will love our lime, ginger, and strawberry flavoured Fancy Frolic Gin. This gin was born from the idea of bottling all the flavours of spring and mixing it with our award winning, small batch, classically distilled craft gin. Whilst watching our Border Terrier frolicking on a wintry beach […]

Our good friends and suppliers of high quality, ethically-sourced coffee, Penningtons are based just a few miles from The Old Calf Shed, in Kendal. Not only are they coffee roasters but Tea Merchants, too. When you come and enjoy our Afternoon G&Tea you can choose from a selection of their loose leaf tea, served in […]

When you join an experience at The Old Calf Shed we also offer Tea & Coffee. Our supplier is the award-winning, family run Penningtons Coffee Roasters and Tea Merchants, based just up the road in Kendal. Gina is also a great amateur mixologist and when we asked her to create a couple of cocktails she […]

Lake District Experiences; whatever your interests, there are so many to choose from! Lake District Experiences include walking and climbing the fells, swimming in Coniston, paddle-boarding on Windermere and Going Ape in Grizedale. Perhaps all that sounds just a bit too energetic, or maybe you're looking for something completely different? Among the many Lake District […]

For International Women’s Day, Zoe has been asked to have a chat on Cumbria radio about Shed 1 Gin, awards and other gin stuff. The researcher asked if there are many women in the Gin Industry and we're happy to say that some of the most respected names in our profession are women and that […]

We're extremely happy with the results from The World Gin Awards! It wasn't the most glamourous of events. Instead of a black tie affair in some prestigious London location...We were in the garden watching on our phone's while they livestreamed via Facebook! However, wherever we may have been the results would have been the same. […]

SHED 1 RE-OPENING UPDATE So, Monday, 22nd of February the Prime Minister set out plans for opening up the county again. Due to COVID our doors have mostly been closed for almost a year. However, in that time we've gifted over 5,500 bottles of sanitiser to individuals and groups around Cumbria (money raised via crowdfunding), […]