We are regularly asked for recommendations about how to enjoy our gins and botanical spirits. Anytime, anywhere, is our reply! However, maybe a little more information would be useful.
We have put our love, passion and expertise into creating these unique gins and botanical spirits. Each one has distinct botanicals which combine to create their individual flavour. As we say, they are smooth enough to sip neat and we do encourage you to try them alone before adding anything else. You could simply pour them over a couple of ice cubes. Cuckold's Revenge, Giggle in the Ginnel, Chilli Fest and Festive Tipple are delicious served warm.
All our gins and botanical spirits are bold enough to mix. Try a classic, straight tonic with no extra flavours. Fancy Frolic and Shed Loads of Love make a lovely, long drink with a mixer of your choice and plenty of ice. Swap your ice cubes for frozen strawberries.
Our traditional strength Gin Elixir, Festive Bramble, is made with locally grown produce with some added sweetness. Perfect to drink alone, over ice or with a little dash of tonic. Alternatively, add a splosh to a glass of Prosecco. You can also warm in a pan on the hob or in a cup in a microwave, as we suggest with some of our distilled gins, and serve neat. Warming brings out the spices.
Feel free to go ahead, experiment and have fun. Remember, the most important thing is to enjoy what you drink.
Cuckold's Revenge and Giggle in the Ginnel: Slice of Orange
Fancy Frolic and Shed Loads of Love: swap ice cubes for frozen strawberries
Quince Botanical Spirit: Slice of Pear
Zoe takes the fruit not used in our gin production and creates gin jelly marmalade, which was the inspiration for our Marmalade Fund. We had a play and decided that marmalade isn't just for your toast!
Have you heard of a Breakfast Martini? A delicious cocktail which includes marmalade. We served it at our Grand Opening of The Old Calf Shed, back in 2019.
2 tsp Shed One Gin Jelly Marmalade
handful of Ice
50ml Shed One Gin (your choice)
15ml Cointreau
15ml Lemon Juice
Add all the ingredients to a cocktail shaker and shake for 10-20 seconds.
Double strain by using the regular strainer in your cocktail shaker and holding a fine mesh strainer over your glass.
Pour through both strainers into a martini coupe glass.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
We love collaborating with other small businesses and when it comes to cocktails there is only one person we go to. So, to create the perfect Valentine’s Cocktail we asked Tom at Kindred Spirit Cocktails for help. He created our Festive Tipple Breakfast Martini incorporating both our Festive Tipple Gin and Cuckold’s Revenge Gin Jelly Marmalade for The Grand Opening […]
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