CUMBRIA’S SHED 1 DISTILLERY SHORTLISTED FOR TOP RURAL AWARD We're delighted to have been shortlisted in the Best Drinks Producer category at the 2020/21 Rural Business Awards, held in partnership with Amazon. The local company will battle it out against fellow rural businesses, entrepreneurs and enterprises from across the country for the chance to be […]

With everything going on and a second lockdown on its way, we were really pleased to get this good news! We have been shortlisted in TWO categories in the Best Small Shops 2020, sponsored by Maybe * and booost  1. Most Innovative Business During Covid-19 2. Overall Competition "The Best Small Shops competition celebrates, not […]

Woman and Home Magazine Taste Test... And our FESTIVE BRAMBLE GIN ELIXIR has made the cut for "Best Christmas Spirits"! That's a big CHEERS from us Full of locally foraged blackberries and locally grown (by our friend, Colin) organic Heritage Apples steeped in our specially created festively spiced gin. Traditional strength (40%abv). Perfect on its […]

We're getting very excited here at the Shed because we'll be celebrating our 4th Birthday on October 18th, PLUS it will also be 1 year on October 23rd since we opened The Old Calf Shed...and what a year it's been! Honestly, it's been quite the roller coaster with the Shed closing for months, our crowdfunder […]

Great Taste, the world’s most trusted food and drink awards, has announced its stars of 2020. Out of 12,777 products sent in from 106 different countries, Shed 1 Distillery, Ulverston, Cumbria was awarded two, 1-star Great Taste awards, which means judges dubbed them foods that delivers fantastic flavour, for its Blackcurrant & Liquorice Gin Elixir-a […]

We reopened to social bubbles just four weeks ago and since then we've hosted Gin Tours & Tastings, Afternoon G&Teas, Make Your Bath Tub Gin Experiences and Make Your Own Distilled Gin Experiences. ?It's been brilliant having people back in the Shed! Chatting, laughing, and ginning. Just what the Shed was made for. ? Thank you […]

We're very pleased to announce that our Festive Bramble Gin Elixir has been shortlisted in the Great British Food Awards! What are the Awards? The Great British Food Awards were launched in 2014 to celebrate the country's finest artisanal produce, as well as the hard-working people behind the scenes. Judges include Raymond Blanc OBE, Masterchef's […]

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 […]

Hello, Everyone, 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. The Shed is relatively small with no outside space and social distancing wouldn't be easy. So, this is our plan: We […]

Launched by City to Sea, National Refill Day encourages us to refill our water bottles and help prevent plastic pollution with a refill bottle service. This great scheme will help to reduce waste and encourage re-using bottles we already have - also in turn reducing over production. Here at the Shed we want to help […]

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. […]

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 […]

  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 […]

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 […]

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, […]