From gin with frankincense and myrrh to Burmese betel nut vodka, take a sip of something very delicious produced close to home. This small batch dry gin is produced by master distiller Dave Rigby using a custom made copper pot still, Angel. The fruit is grown in the orchards of Strawberry Bank Brewery at The Masons Arms, a very popular pub in the Lyth Valley. From a Victorian cattle farm to a world-class production facility of quality spirits, this was a labour of love for Lakes Distillery founder Paul Currie. The range is an eclectic mix of beers inspired both by the flavoursome hops of the new world and classic European styles and flavours.

The cookie is used to calculate visitor, session, campaign data and keep track of site usage for the site's analytics report. Bedrock is a premium London Dry gin enlivened by the vibrancy of botanicals and perfected through passionate craftsmanship to create a singularly smooth gin.

The creator of the Zymurgorium drinks brand was at university studying microbiology and zoology brewing drinks for his friends and wondering what to do for a career. Along with traditional gin botanicals such as juniper berries, coriander seeds, lemon and orange peel, angelica root, liquorice root powder and cinnamon, Bedrock is also distilled with kiln-dried oak bark also sourced from the Lake District. Not far along the road from the Cedar Manor is a well established favourite Lakeland real ale pub, the Watermill at Ings.

Since then Bedrock Gin, produced by Vince’s business Spirit of the Lakes, has been awarded many accolades in national and international competitions, including being named the World’s Best Gin in 2016 from the International Wine and Spirit Competition. One of the most prolific fruits of the Lake District is the damson, and in the autumn this is one of our most prized crops. Distilled four times for exceptional purity and smoothness, Tanqueray is one of the world's most prestigious gins.All eight generations of the Whitley Neill family tree shared a taste for discovery, and Johnny Neill is no different.

They were among the new wave craft brewers, creating highly hopped, flavoursome beers, which till then were rarely seen in a cask. While many impoverished students are forced by necessity to brew their own alcoholic concoctions, few go on to turn them into a career. Based just outside Keswick in the Northern Lake District, and founded in 2008, Spirit of The Lakes Ltd is the brand owner of Bedrock Gin, the first Gin to be made with spring water from the English Lake District. Bedrock Pink Gin is crafted with the same meticulous attention to detail that has made the brand a renowned name in the world of spirits. Our other favourite damson gin is Cowmire made at Cowmire Hall, set in the beautiful Winster Valley, also close to Windermere.James was a trained pharmacist who had widely travelled the United States and seen the commercial opportunities of producing a superior quality gin.