This Friday is known as Black Friday by many.   However, we also find out it's National Flossing Day, so we're going with that, instead! On Friday and Saturday (29th & 30th, November) we'll be having an online sale and also in the Shed. Check out our gins, liqueurs and hampers and treat yourself, or […]

T'is the season to be ginny!  So, to that end we've created three Festive Gin Hampers. Filled with Shed 1 Ginny Delights, all are available via Click & Collect from our Shed in Ulverston.  Can't get to the Shed? We've got Festive Tipple Gin and Full Strength Traditional Gin Elixir ready to post out to […]

                                                                            Happy Apple Day! Today, October 21st, is Apple Day and it's also 2 days (23rd October) before […]

Nowadays, gin comes in many shapes and forms. As you probably know, in order for a spirit to be called "gin" it needs to be at 37.5%abv and the main botanical has to be juniper. We describe our gins as "classically distilled, with a contemporary-style". The taste is bolder than some others and can still […]

    Shed 1 Distillery is one of this year’s ‘Small Biz 100’, a selection of small businesses drawn from every corner of the UK that reflect the vibrancy of the UK’s 5.6 million small businesses. In the 100 days running up to Small Business Saturday (December 7th) , the campaign will spotlight each of […]

..Well, you can now with our free stickers and cards! Birthday, Wedding, Christmas, Retirement, New Year, New You, Valentine's, or simply Just Because. Let us know and we’ll add a handwritten card with your message. Make someone feel special and give them the gift of gin. Cheers! ?

We have news...Great Taste Awards news. We are as utterly chuffed as a chuffinch to be able to tell you we have more Great Taste Awards! ??? Festive Tipple Fancy Frolic Chilli Fest (made with chillis grown by our lovely friend Becky, Picking Posies) and Cuckold's Revenge Gin Jelly Marmalade all received a 1-Star (Simply Delicious, Delivers […]

50 years ago, on the 16th July, 1969, at 8.32am EST Apollo 11 blasted in to space. Its mission was to perform a manned lunar landing (land on the moon and have a nosey around). Any way you look at it, it was pretty impressive. In honour of this great feat, we recreated this momentous […]

It's been quite the week and it's all about being finalists! On Wednesday Zoe got a call to say she's an Enterprise Vision Award (EVA) Finalist. These awards recognise women in business across the North West. Then, on the same day, we opened our email box to find that we've been shortlisted in the North […]

We've added a section to our website where you can leave a review, and we hope that you do! Since our launch, we've had so much positive feedback which we still get a little overwhelmed by. When someone buys online they have to take a leap in the dark, as they don't get to try […]

Shed One - Micro Distillery and Online Spirit Shop in Cumbria. People ask us what is the definition of a micro-distillery and are we one? It's an interesting question. Simply put, yes we are. However, the definition is more complex! America We were reading an American article the other day and it stated that “Maximum […]

Hello Everyone, There's so much happening here at Shed 1 HQ that we're finding it hard to keep up with it all! So, we've decided to start a newsletter to keep everyone in the loop about events, new products, collaborations and, drum roll please, the progress of our move from Garden Shed to Cow Shed. […]