“Smooth enough to be sipped, bold enough to be mixed.”
“Smooth enough to be sipped, bold enough to be mixed.”
Launched in October 2016 by husband and wife team Andy & Zoe Arnold-Bennett in the market town of Ulverston, Cumbria. Shed 1 Distillery produces small batch (36, 50cl, bottles per run), classically distilled with a contemporary-style, award-winning, craft gin.
“Smooth enough to be sipped, bold enough to be mixed.” Just 10 months after we launched, in August 2017, we received a Great Taste 2-star (Outstanding) Award for Cuckold’s Revenge. Shed Loads of Love was awarded a 1-star (Simply Delicious) Great Taste in 2018. In 2018 we were a finalist in the Cumbria Life’s Best Drinks Producer category and in 2019 we were awarded “Going Places” (One to Watch) by Cumbria Family Business. Also, Cuckold’s Revenge is included in the latest edition of “101 Gins To Try Before You Die”. This year, 2019, we are chuffed to bits to announce that we received another 5 Great Taste Awards!
Launched in October 2016 by husband and wife team Andy & Zoe Arnold-Bennett in the market town of Ulverston, Cumbria. Shed 1 Distillery produces small batch (36, 50cl, bottles per run), classically distilled with a contemporary-style, award-winning, craft gin.
“Smooth enough to be sipped, bold enough to be mixed.” Just 10 months after we launched, in August 2017, we received a Great Taste 2-star (Outstanding) Award for Cuckold’s Revenge. Shed Loads of Love was awarded a 1-star (Simply Delicious) Great Taste in 2018. In 2018 we were a finalist in the Cumbria Life’s Best Drinks Producer category and in 2019 we were awarded “Going Places” (One to Watch) by Cumbria Family Business. Also, Cuckold’s Revenge is included in the latest edition of “101 Gins To Try Before You Die”. This year, 2019, we are chuffed to bits to announce that we received another 5 Great Taste Awards!
THE BREWERY HOSTS ITS VERY 1ST FUN PALACE IN KENDAL THE BIRTHPLACE OF JOAN LITTLEWOOD’S WORLD FAMOUS THEATRE WORKSHOP
Sunday 6th October, 11am to 3pm – FREE EVENT
The Brewery’s 1st FUN PALACE on Sunday 6th October from 11am to 3pm celebrates the unique skills and passions of local people – run by, for and with the local community. Come and take part in a host of FREE activities for ALL THE FAMILY including
Where’s my Igloo | from 11am (all ages)
Get creative with our drop-in draw your-own-Igloo competition to win tickets to our Christmas Show of Outside The Igloo
Stage Science | 11am & 1pm (all ages)
Learn how to make theatre blood and fake booze with Claire Dunk
Do the Doodle | 11am & 1pm (all ages)
Join choreographer Zoe Leigh-Gadd for a fun-filled movement session
Puzzling Mysteries | 11am & 12pm (+10yrs)
Learning about creating the ultimate murder mystery and interactive puzzles with Highly Suspect
Nobutt Words | 12pm & 2pm (all ages)
Join Meg Robison for a fun workshop on reading and performing Cumbria poetry
Mix it up | 12pm & 2pm (+11yrs)
Try your hand at being a DJ with Ian Trickett
5X5 | 1pm & 2pm (+8yrs)
Short Film Making Workshop with Stuart Sutton
Shed 1 | 1pm & 2pm (+18yrs)
Join Andy & Zoe Arnold-Bennet and learn about how they make their amazing gin
Heroes | 2pm (+5yrs)
Come and make your own comic-book hero mask.
Go Potty | 2pm (+5yrs)
Join Amy Williams for a beginners pottery session
PLUS… At 3pm a free screening of Joan Littlewood’s
Oh What A Lovely War! (PG)
Miriam Randall the Brewery’s CEO & Artistic Director said
‘Like Joan the Brewery puts the community at the centre of what we do and we’re excited to be opening our doors for our first FUN PALACE on Sunday 6 October with a day that brings together art, science, craft and technology but above all people to create and connect in a friendly environment’
‘I really do believe in community’ – Joan Littlewood
Visionary theatre director Joan Littlewood established her Theatre Workshop in Kendal after WWII in 1945 with a travelling troupe of storytellers and outlaws to overthrow the established order! Littlewood is known the world over as the mother of modern theatre and her devoted her life to putting the community at the heart of all her work.
Joan took Theatre Workshop to London and found a new home there in 1952 at Theatre Royal Stratford East where she came up with the notion of a FUN PALACE something she described as a ‘laboratory of fun’, sadly she never found the ideal space for her palace of adventure before her death in 2012. However, in 2013 maverick artists Stella Duffy and Sarah Jane Rawlings revived Joan’s passion project and established FUN PALACES a free, nationwide campaign for culture at the heart of community and community at the heart of culture happening every October weekend.
Holker’s Chilli Fest returns for 2019! A two day Festival with specialist chilli companies from all over the country, local specialist food suppliers, catering featuring cuisine from around the world and a variety of quirky gifts. With entertainment, cookery demonstrations and the much anticipated chilli eating competition, there is something for everyone to enjoy. Open… Continue Reading
Located on the fringes of the Lake District, Westmorland County Show is a fantastic day out – voted as one of the UK’s favourite Shows and enjoyed by over 30,000 visitors every year. A major livestock Show with classes for cattle, sheep, pigs, goats and alpacas, heavy and light horses too, there’s plenty to see.… Continue Reading
Join Andy at Sedbergh’s monthly Artisan Market. The Sedbergh Artisan Markets are community-based events specialising in art and crafts and a wide variety of local and regional food, all offered for sale by the artisans themselves. They are held one Saturday a month during the warmer months on the Main Street of this picturesque Cumbrian… Continue Reading
The annual Ulverston & North Lonsdale Agricultural Show. Tickets are available at a reduced rate from Ulverston Tourist Information Centre until Tuesday afternoon before the Show. http://www.ulverstonandnorthlonsdaleshow.com/ Continue Reading
Welcome to Real Food Rocks! This fantastic day festival will be taking place on July 20th 2019 at the stunning Brathay Hall near Ambleside. We are excited to share with you a host of real food vendors, mostly local to the area, selling high quality produce. There will also be live music during the day… Continue Reading
The event is on from 12th to 14th July. Shed 1 Gin will be there on Saturday, 13th July. Based in the brilliant old market town of Ulverston, Retro Rendezvous is a full weekend of fabulous retro fun. Music, food, dance, cinema, clothes, markets, cars, motorcycles, drink and the famous Velo Retro old school cycling… Continue Reading
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… Continue Reading
The Ulverston Poem A crowdsourced poem written by the members of the Ulverston community for Another Fine Fest, July 2019. Read by Tony Walsh at the Market Cross and then outside the Laurel & Hardy Museum. Where is Ulverston? We often get that. It’s near the Lakes, on the Bay, a dot on the map-… Continue Reading
Husband and wife team Philip & Margaret Blackburn have used their 35 years experience in catering and their love of quality locally sourced produce as the basis for StockGhyll Fine Food located in the heart of the Lake District in Ambleside. Along with daughter Olivia they have built on their award-winning reputation for quality and… Continue Reading
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