127 Upper Bond St, Hinckley LE10 1RT, UK
Bond Street Fine Gin from our Victorian
Bond Street Fine Gin from our Victorian
Welcome to Bond Street Distillery
We are proud to be a craft distillery that produces award winning gins and we strive for excellence across all areas of the business.
The pandemic certainly took its toll but we are proud to have survived and to still be here producing gin with pride and passion. Our bars offer great service, great drinks and food and our events calendar really does cater for all. In 2021 we were voted by the public to be Leicestershire’s Best Bar which is no mean feat. Really it is a testament to my staff and management team who bring pride, passion and a little bit of that ‘special’ that makes Bond Street an experience from our gin schools, tasting events to entertainment we add our own special touch.
I’d like to thank you for all of your continuing support and we hope to see you soon at Bond Street.
Love
Bond Street Fine Gin from our Victorian
BOND STREET DISTILLERY
HINCKLEY’S FIRST GIN DISTILLERY
How do we start to tell the story of Bond Street Distillery? It is hard to put into words the journey we have been on to create this gin. From our founder Sally Faulkner’s initial lightning bolt of inspiration during a night spent with friends who ‘don’t like gin’, to the extensive renovation works of the old hosiery factory in Hinckley where we are now based.
The inspiration, passion and attention to detail we have poured into every aspect of the building’s transformation from a neglected factory to Bond Street Distillery and Social, is the same inspiration, passion and attention to detail we put into the creation of our gins.
BOND STREET SIGNATURE LONDON DRY
£35.00
70CL / 40%
Bond Street Fine Gin from our Victorian
Drawing inspiration from our Victorian surroundings we set out to create a London dry gin that embodies the historical methods of distillation combined with rich, zesty flavours of citrus and the wonderful aroma of English coriander. With passion and love we present to you Bond Street No1, a smooth, sultry gin perfect for any G&T or cocktail.
BOND STREET PASSION FOR PRIDE GIN
£40.00
70CL / 37.5%
Bond Street Fine Gin from our Victorian
Bond Street Passion for Pride Gin has been crafted in ‘Claire’ our beautiful copper still. Set against the backdrop of the lovingly restored 19th Century manufacturing works that is Bond Street Distillery.
On an early evening in May 2023 members of the Hinckley Pride committee came to a gin school with Chief Distiller Sally Faulkner, with the sole purpose of creating a gin with all the colour and passion of a PRIDE EVENT.
Their ideas on flavour, taste and botanicals combined with the panache of the distiller led to the creation of this exciting and vibrant Passion Fruit Gin.
BOND STREET SUMPTUOUS SPICES GIN
£35.00
70CL / 40%
Bond Street Fine Gin from our Victorian
Drawing inspiration from our travels the nuanced and warm spices combine to make a smooth unique style of a London Dry Gin taking you on a luxurious taste exploration of spice bazaars around the world.
BOND STREET BLOOD ORANGE GIN
£35.00
70CL / 37.5%
Bond Street Fine Gin from our Victorian
Our Bond Street Blood Orange gin starts its life as our signature gin, lovingly distilled in our beautiful copper still ‘Claire’. We then infuse the signature gin with blood orange, combining the wonderful flavours of our core recipe with the vibrant tang of squeezed blood orange. A true crowd pleaser this flavoured gin is sure to put a smile on your face.
BOND STREET NAVY STRENGTH GIN
£42.50
70CL / 57.5%
Bond Street Fine Gin from our Victorian
Our Bond Street Navy Strength gin starts its life in ‘Claire’ our still, as our signature gin recipe, it is then blended to 57.5% ABV rather than 40% as for our Signature. The higher ABV brings the complex and vibrant combination of flavours in our recipe to the fore. Both bold and yet incredibly smooth this is a gin for the true gin aficionado, a real insight into the complexity that lies within each bottle.
BOND STREET RASPBERRY GIN
£35.00
70CL / 37.5%
Bond Street Fine Gin from our Victorian
Bond Streets Raspberry gin takes our signature gin and blends it with sumptuous raspberry creating a fresh indulgent flavoured gin that couples delightfully with your favourite mixer.
BOND STREET RHUBARB & CUSTARD GIN
£35.00
70CL / 37.5%
Bond Street Fine Gin from our Victorian
Our Bond Street Rhubarb and Custard gin starts its life as our signature gin, lovingly distilled in our beautiful copper still ‘Claire’. We infuse the signature gin with both rhubarb and custard combining the wonderful flavours of our core recipe with the tangy zest of fresh rhubarb and the creamy vanilla notes of custard. Invigorating and exciting, this is the ideal gin for both gin lovers and novices alike.
BOND STREET STRAWBERRIES & CREAM GIN
£36.00
SEASONAL PRODUCT
Available from May 22nd 2024
70CL / 37.5%
Bond Street Fine Gin from our Victorian
Bond Street Strawberries & Cream Gin is bursting with the flavour of freshly picked strawberries and delicious fresh cream. This vegan/gluten free gin is hand crafted at Bond Street by Head Distiller, Sally Faulkner, for your enjoyment.
HISTORY TO DATE
In 2018 Bond Street Distillery Ltd, founded by Sally Faulkner acquired the old Bond Street Glass premises in Hinckley Leicestershire. This old Victorian building was originally part of the Brocklehurst Hosiery Company built in the early 1900’s. This timeline shows the journey to bring Hinckley’s first gin distillery to life.
Drawing inspiration from our Victorian surroundings the team at Bond Street that our distillery not only produces fine gins but that we ensure our guests the best experience and service when they visit.
2018
September 2018
Breaking Ground
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Breaking ground on this old building was a feat in itself, understanding what would be staying and trying to work with the building and its history to preserve and reveal the beauty of this industrial gem.
October 2018
Smashing Stuff / Stripping Out
Bond Street Fine Gin from our Victorian
Bond Street Fine Gin from our Victorian
The Stripping of the building begins to see what will need restoring and what can be saved. The building has not been loved for a while and it shows, with staircases held in by a couple of screws and dangerous asbestos that is exposed and broken, needing removal.
Finding an old window behind a wall and uncovering the most beautiful gable roof has been an absolute delight. I have been told by someone who worked in that top floor during the 60’s that it was affectionately known as ‘The Crows Nest’ which seems like a great name for what will be an incredible venue space.
November 2018
Sand Blasting
Simon the sand blaster has been in – taking off a Hundred years of dirt, grime and layers of paint to reveal beautiful beams, bringing the gable roof and brickwork back to life and restoring the industrial feel to this amazing building.
November 2018
Framework
Now to start designing how to showcase this building’s heritage and breathe life back into it, creating a whole new history as Hinckley’s first Gin Distillery.
Finally all the smashing, ripping out and clearing of the modern debris and thousands of unidentifiable cables has finished and the first new stud walls are going up – following a successful interpretation of my ideas in to plan. It’s exciting to think that in a few months this place will be ‘The Bond Street Distillery’.
2019
January 2019
New Stairs/Studwork
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Local Builder Rob Deacon of Deacon Builders has taken on the task of the building work with Martin Elliot and Simon Bond from Elliot Bond Electrical all making this building safe, bringing it up to date and future proofing it.
We have a Master carpenter Jim Nickerson travelling from Whitby (formally from Leicestershire) providing some of the necessary and important restoration to the older building and Plumber Chris Dewden re-establishing a water and heating system throughout. It feels really good that local tradesmen are onsite getting excited with me about this building.
A good week as the custom made staircase was fitted in the Distillery area. It finally means that everyone can get up stairs safely, the building is changing slowly but surely.
February 2019
Creating A Flavour
Bond Street Fine Gin from our Victorian
The copper still which is being handmade should be ready to install in June. Testing has begun, offsite at 45 West in Leicester, for Bond Street’s Signature Gin with the help of Master Distiller Jamie Baxter from Craft Distilling Services.
March 2019
Rendering/Outside Work
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Outside has finally been cleared and the rubbish strewn carpark is finally looking like a carpark. The rendering on the outside has gone up and passers-by have started to show an interest in what we are doing.
April 2019
Talk Of The Town
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The Hinckley Times/Leicester Mercury have published a brief article about the plans for the building and this has caused a social media stir, having looked at the comments online it seems like people are excited about a new local Gin bar and Distillery coming to Hinckley. On another note the still has finally arrived in the UK and is being given the once over before delivery in June.
May 2019
Windows
Some of the new windows supplied by local company ‘Phoenix Windows’ have gone in and ‘WOW’ what a difference they make to the building both inside and out, we are really breathing life back into this beautiful place. Work inside continues in earnest with second fix electrics even happening in some areas.
June 2019
Exciting Deliveries
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The first spiral staircase is being fitted and we have to tell you it’s looking gorgeous, Boss stairs have done us proud. Pete, Leon and the team have been busy – we know that people will enjoy this walk upstairs!
Some days you just need a bit of light and as they arrive Simon and Martin are definitely getting them working.
It’s here! Claire our 700 Litre copper still is here and she is gorgeous. Bond Street Gin’s Distilling team are chomping at the bit to get her fired up.
July 2019
Hard Work Paying Off
Bond Street Fine Gin from our Victorian
The Joiners have been busy this week, doors, gates, more doors. In total 24 doors have been measured, planed and fitted.
They are shattered! Jim, George, Ash, Tom and Zac have been very busy with all things wood – Making a distillery has definitely been hard work in the heat.
So you may have seen them being stylishly modelled around town by our building team since the site T’s arrived, please feel free to ask them any questions. We’ve even had a few enquiries to purchase the T’s from some of our daily passers by, soon….. very very soon…..
Do you know how many litres of paint it takes to paint a distillery? We can tell you because the Painting team have been spraying, cutting in, undercoating and final flicking room after room….. It is really starting to look amazing!
August 2019
On A Mission
The big site clean up has begun, Hoovers, brushes, mops and cleaning products are out in floor as we begin to clear the dust. Our renovations team are slowly departing and we are on a mission to get the venue ready for the public.
September 2019
Finishing Touches
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Now the dust has settled we are just adding some of finishing touches -The sign company have been up on ladders, cutting out letters and ensuring everyone knows how to get around the building. We’ve had lots of visitors who have loved the style and ambience of the place.
October 2019
Bar Is Being Stocked
Bond Street Fine Gin from our Victorian
Staff interviews have taken place and we have a real treat instore for our guests, the bar is being stocked and cocktail techniques practiced. We had our first guests in a sneak preview of the Crows Nest function room, some of the things they said were amazing:
November 2019
Not Long Now!
Bond Street Fine Gin from our Victorian
So we are here we have our VIP nights and I have to say our distiller has come up with some very good G&T’s and our bar manager has designed a sneaky little VIP cocktail menu to delight the taste buds. Not long till opening night!
The day finally came that we could distil our first batch of GIN – Bond Street Hinckley No1. It will be ready to buy in December just in time for Christmas
December 2019
Opening & Christmas
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We opened to the public. What the whole team has been waiting for. We were sold out right through until the 22nd .
We also sold out of Hinckley No1 our first batch of gin.
CHRISTMAS
The first ever Bond Street Xmas tree was purchased and the staff enjoyed decorating it and looked forward to our first Xmas bookings.
2020
January 2020
Music & Football
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A new year and a new Bond Street, what we thought may be a quieter period for us was busier than December and we have started work on our first flavoured gin.
Music nights started with the Fabulous Steve Faulkner who sold out his first night at Bond Street.
We also sponsored a local football team who now wear our logo on their shirts.
February 2020
Valentines
Bond Street Fine Gin from our Victorian
Rebranded our signature London Dry and launched our Pink edition Raspberry Gin in time for Valentines.
Our music nights saw a big uptake in audience and have become very popular as we have launched different acts.
Our gin school launched and began booking out months in advance.
March 2020
Mother’s Day & Lockdown
Bond Street Fine Gin from our Victorian
Mother’s day deliveries went down very well and everyone loved their gin boxes with afternoon teas.
LOCKDOWN
As the country went into lockdown we were on the news for other reasons. We had to close down the social and we were the first East Midlands based distiller to produce and send out much needed Hand sanitiser. We supported Hospitals, air ambulance crews, ambulance crews, blood bikes. Local doctors surgeries and the most vulnerable. We helped schools, care homes and the general public.
April 2020
Award Win & Crisis Cocktails
Bond Street Fine Gin from our Victorian
As lockdown continued Bond Street is still making the headlines with its first ever award win as we win the GIN GUIDE 2020 award for Best London Dry and Best traditional gin. We are so proud of ourselves.
We did our first Lockdown gig with Steve Faulkner and had over 2500 people join us whilst delivering our first Crisis Cocktails and with the money we raised went to #wecareuk.
May 2020
On-Line Gigs
Lockdown has provided us with a whole host of new gin lovers and cocktail drinkers. Our on-line gigs reach new heights and the team diversify to delivery drivers, order takers and bar team.
June 2020
COVID-19 Refit
As the lockdown on hospitality industry ends we begin our covid-19 refit to ensure we can open in the full knowledge that our customers will be looked after.
July 2020
New Flavours
Bond Street Fine Gin from our Victorian
We began the development of our new flavours and our rebranded bottles… We will have produced six products in less than a year. We are very proud.
August 2020
Re-Launch
The re-launch is happening and our new gins hit the public arena.
THE BOND STREET DISTILLERY TOUR
AND GIN SCHOOL EXPERIENCE
The Bond Street Gin school experience takes place at the Bond Street Distillery in Hinckley, Leicestershire.
There is a local train station (15 Mins walk) or if driving, the Distillery is situated 10 mins from the M69 (Junction 1). Onsite parking is available. Find Us.
The Distillery is housed in a late 18th Century hosiery factory in this historical industrial town, situated only 7 miles from Bosworth Battlefield. This beautiful old industrial building has been lovingly renovated and transformed into a ‘gintimate’ space for the production of gin.
This intimate experience starts with a meet and greet on arrival with one of our distillers. They will give you an introduction to the building including a tour, a sample of the gin distilled on the premises and a brief history of gin and its uses up to the present day. This will include an introduction to Claire our 700 litre copper still, where we will explain the theoretical process for distilling.
During the meet and greet you will meet the other trainee distillers (maximum eight per school, following social distancing guidelines) who will join you on the course and then get down to the serious business of making gin.
First you will learn, smell, touch and taste some of the key botanicals used in gin distillation to inspire and educate you to understand, why? how? and what? you could use to infuse and blend your personal recipe, before taking to the still to begin the innovative and creative process of combining the right balance of flavour combinations. The Bond Street Gin school really is conception to the realisation of crafting your very own bespoke gin.
After distilling your exclusive gin you will label and bottle, ready to take home for the friends test. You can record your recipe on our database and will then be able to order further bottles of your unique blend should you so wish.
The course lasts for 3 hours which includes your gin school experience, a tour of the distillery and can be enhanced with the optional extras of An afternoon tea.
After the gin school experience you will be invited by your host to the Bond Street Social bar to receive your distilling certificate.
For pricing, bookings and availability please check the booking calendar.
Head Distiller, Sally Faulkner
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