Your Gin. Your Way.
Step behind the scenes for a hands-on gin-making experience where you’re in charge of the flavour. Discover how gin is made, explore our botanicals, taste your way through our spirits and then create your own bespoke recipe.
Gin Making at a Glance
Get hands-on at Hensol Castle and create your very own gin, choosing the flavours and ingredients that make it uniquely yours.
Choosing Gin Making for Two? You’ll share one 70cl bottle and still between two people.
- Duration 2.5 hours
- Price £99pp
- 70cl bottle Yours to take home.
Start with a Sip
A Gin-Based Welcome
Settle into the distillery with a refreshing gin-based drink on arrival. It’s the perfect way to kick things off before getting behind the scenes and discovering how your favourite spirit is made.
Behind the Scenes
Discover How Gin Is Made
Explore the cellars of Hensol Castle with our expert team and discover what goes into making a great gin. From our stills to the distilling process, you’ll get an insight into what happens long before the bottle reaches the shelf.
Taste & Explore
Get to Know Your Botanicals
Discover how different botanicals influence the flavour, aroma and character of gin during a tutored tasting. Taste your way through different profiles and start thinking about what you’d like your own gin to taste like.
Your Turn
Create Your Own Bespoke Gin
Now it’s time to become the distiller. Experiment with botanicals, build your own flavour profile and distil your bespoke gin with guidance from our team. Then bottle and label your creation to take home in a 70cl bottle.
Choosing Gin Making for Two? You’ll share one 70cl bottle and still between two people.
Cheers to That
Raise a Glass in the Distillery Bar
You’ve made the gin – now it’s time to enjoy it. Finish your experience with a drink in our atmospheric bar and raise a glass to your new distilling skills.
Complete Your Visit
Time for Tea?
Why not add a traditional Afternoon Tea at Hensol Castle before or after your experience? Enjoy freshly prepared finger sandwiches, homemade cakes and sweet treats in the beautiful surroundings of the castle’s Atrium. It’s the perfect way to turn your visit into a truly memorable day out.
From £32 per person
Gin Making FAQ's
Both experiences give you the chance to go behind the scenes, learn about the distilling process, enjoy a tutored tasting and create your own bespoke 70cl bottle to take home. The difference is simply the spirit you’ll be creating – choose gin to explore botanicals and flavour combinations, or rum to discover the character and flavours of rum.
Yes! You’ll distil, bottle and label your own 70cl bottle of bespoke gin or rum to take home and enjoy. If you choose the Gin or Rum Making for Two experience, you’ll share one 70cl bottle between two people.
Yes! You’ll have the opportunity to experiment with different flavours and ingredients to create a bespoke spirit that’s unique to you. Our expert team will guide you through the process and help you create a recipe you’ll love.
The experience lasts approximately 2.5 hours, including your arrival drink, distillery tour, tutored tasting, spirit-making experience and final drink in the Distillery Bar.
Yes. When booking, you can choose whether you’d like to create your own gin or rum, depending on which experience you’d prefer.
Absolutely! Gin and Rum Making is a fun, hands-on experience to enjoy with friends, family, colleagues and groups. It’s a great option for celebrations or anyone looking for a more interactive day out.
Yes, complimentary parking is available at Hensol Castle, so you can easily arrive and enjoy your experience.
Make Your Own Gin
Ready to create a gin that’s uniquely yours? Fill in the form and our team will be in touch with everything you need to know.
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