Plymouth
Plymouth is a unitary authority with the official title of city, and it is a district in the English region of South West England and has a population of 263,100. The area is 80 km². Plymouth is a city in the British county of Devon. It is an important port city and a tourist attraction.
Plymouth is a major port city in the southwest England region of Devon, famed for its maritime heritage and quaint historic district of Barbican. At Sutton Harbour, travellers can visit the National Marine Aquarium and see sharks and rays up close. Plymouth is also home to a number of marinas and the Plymouth Fisheries fish market, where vendors sell fresh seafood right off the boat. At the Mayflower Steps, visitors explore the very spot where the Pilgrims first set sail for the New World in 1620.
Kids love to visit the Dartmoor Zoo with its famed big cat collection. The National Trust – Cotehele site offers a chance to tour a 19th-century watermill that still works to this day, while other National Trust Sites at Saltram and Buckland Abbey allow you to explore a Georgian house with an interior designed by Robert Adam and a historic abbey, respectively. Finally, Hoe Park offers the opportunity to check out a towering lighthouse with historic monuments on a scenic shoreline.
Plymouth Gin Distillery.
Plymouth Gin Distillery. 60 Southside St, Plymouth PL1 2LQ, Verenigd Koninkrijk
Plymouth Gin is a true original. Since 1793 its unique recipe of botanicals has been made to the highest standards in the same distillery in the very heart of the historical city of Plymouth, on England’s South West coast. It’s these factors that have resulted in our particularly English gin becoming as famous and well travelled as those who first tasted it.
A NATIONAL MONUMENT
The Black Friar’s building dates back to the early 1400s.The most intact part of the distillery is the Refectory Room, a medieval hall with a fine hull-shaped timber roof built in 1431. It’s one of the oldest buildings in Plymouth, and protected as a precious national monument. Not least because it’s now also an important centre of excellence for gin cocktail making.
MEET SEAN, OUR MASTER DISTILLER
Sean Harrison, Plymouth Gin Master Distiller and a global ambassador for our premium gin craft, joined Plymouth Gin in 1994 as Assistant Manager, rising to become Master Distiller. With this role comes great responsibility. Namely, becoming keeper of our coveted 200 year old recipe, passed down verbally to every Master Distiller since 1793. As a former Lieutenant of the Royal Navy, we can only assume Sean has undergone military grade interrogation training. He won’t say.
OUR BAR
Mix it up in the Refectory Bar and Cocktail Lounge, where modern pours and classic serves sit side by side in our 500-year-old building. Resident bartenders play with inventive new flavour combinations alongside a quartet of classics that showcase the perfect balance of Plymouth Gin: The Gimlet, Pink Gin, Marguerite and The Pennant. We don’t mind if you do.
Gin Making Experience, Torquay, Devon
The Gin Nest. The Wine Box, Woodland Rd, Torquay TQ2 7AX, Verenigd Koninkrijk
Gin Making Experience
Join us at The Gin Nest to create your own craft gin using a traditional copper pot still to take home and impress your friends and family.
Learn how to distil your own gin in our 5 star rated gin school. You will choose from our carefully selected botanicals to create your own unique gin profile.
Our experienced team will help you learn which aromas and flavours compliment each other to create your perfect gin.
Gin and Tonics are included to enjoy throughout the two-hour experience and you will take home your own bottle of 500ml hand-made craft gin.
During the gin making experience you will learn:
- A Guide to Botanicals
- Styles of Gin
- Methods of Distillation
- The History of Gin
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