Portsmouth
Portsmouth is a unitary authority with the official title of city, and it is a district in the south-east of England in the ceremonial county bordering the Solent strait. The port city has around 215,000 inhabitants and is located on the island of Portsea, just opposite the more southerly Isle of Wight.
Isle of Wight
The Isle of Wight, home to a variety of distinctive landscapes, dramatic cliffs, long stunning beaches and great attractions, is a natural playground for all ages!
Portsmouth Distillery Co.
Fort Cumberland, Fort Cumberland Rd, Southsea PO4 9LD, Verenigd Koninkrijk
Fort Gin.
The Portsmouth Distillery Co. is a premium artisan spirit producer. Established in 2018, our home is in the fabulous eighteenth century Bastion of Fort Cumberland. Located on the southeastern tip of Portsea Island – Surrounded by the Sea and Centuries of naval history.
We produce a range of spirits for your enjoyment. Buy through our online shop, in person at the Fort or at one of the many events we’re exhibiting at. We’re passionate about the artisan spirit movement and giving Portsmouth it’s own distillery for the first time in hundreds of years.
Fort Gin – a Portsmouth Dry Gin awarded a IWSC Bronze Medal for Gin – Contemporary styles in 2019. Locally foraged botanicals include Elderflower, Gorse Flowers and Sea Radish.
This intricate mix produces a rich full flavour, with a lovely floral bouquet. It’s silky smooth on the palate leaving you with a warmth as you swallow. Best served in a G&T with lime.
TUDOR GIN
A fine gin created using botanicals found on the wreck of Henry VIII’s Flagship, Mary Rose.
Tudor Gin is a fine gin created using botanicals found on the wreck of Henry VIII’s Flagship, Mary Rose. These include: Dandelion, Hazelnut, Hemp seeds and Cherry which combine to give a smooth, rich, dry gin complete with a burst of cherry.
With every bottle sold a generous contribution goes to the Mary Rose Trust, thereby helping to ensure the future of this important project.
41% ABV | 70cl
FORUM Gin.
A deliciously refined Rum that’s made like a Gin.
Forum is a deliciously refined Rum that’s made like a Gin. A fabulous new botanical “Garden” Rum.
We carefully distil twice with selected botanicals including: Elderflower, Gorse Flower, Sweet Orange Peel, Lime Peel and Coriander.
Best served with a light tonic and a squeeze of lime!
41% ABV
FORUM Gin.
A deliciously refined Rum that’s made like a Gin.
Forum is a deliciously refined Rum that’s made like a Gin. A fabulous new botanical “Garden” Rum.
We carefully distil twice with selected botanicals including: Elderflower, Gorse Flower, Sweet Orange Peel, Lime Peel and Coriander.
Best served with a light tonic and a squeeze of lime!
41% ABV
Portsmouth ‘True Blue’ Gin The Sally Port Inn.
The Sally Port Inn 57-58 High St, South England, Portsmouth PO1 2LU, Verenigd Koninkrijk
True Blue Gin.
True Blue is an outstanding Gin that lures you in with it’s hypnotic gold leaf, suspended in ‘Pompey Blue’. Made with hand foraged Sea Cabbage from Southsea Seafront. On the nose it is clean and vibrant with notes of lemon and fennel. On the palate, it is fresh with citrus, finishing with a dry, gentle and warm burst of Cinnamon.
How to buy?
Looking for the perfect Christmas gift? Want a unique and exclusive gin to enjoy by yourself? Portsmouth ‘True Blue’ Gin is the perfect gift for anyone – from Portsmouth fans, to gin lovers all around the UK. Our gin is a fantastic high-end spirit, that lures the drinker in with its hypnotic gold leaf, and deep ‘Pompey Blue’ colour. Locally hand crafted, sourced and produced exclusively in small batches, Portsmouth Gin is not available anywhere else in the world.
Click the button below and send us an email if you are interested in ordering a bottle (or two). We will then get in touch, and once we have all the details you are welcome to pick up your own bottle of Portsmouth Gin from the historic Sally Port Inn, or we will deliver it to you…
A standout gin, hand-crafted, sourced and locally produced in small batches. Sold exclusively at the Sally Port Inn, within the heart of Old Portsmouth.
The concept of Portsmouth Gin initially originated from a conversation about why Portsmouth didn’t have it’s own gin already. A city with a rich history, beaches full of botanicals and to add to it all – a blue and gold colour scheme – it seemed to be the perfect inspiration for an amazing spirit. With many widely known gins, the likes of Plymouth & Brighton Gin to name but a few, we wanted to create something that would push Portsmouth into the top flight of the gin world.
Where are we located ?
Situated only a few yards from the sea-wall, and extension of the Southsea Promenade, right in the midst of Old Portsmouth’s High street, with the Round Tower, Hot Walls and the Camber Quay all close by sits the Sally Port Inn, created in 1947 from a war damaged residence, dating back to the 1600’s.
The inn stands directly opposite the Cathedral of St. Thomas of Canterbury, close to the ‘sally port’ – the gate in the sea-wall (the old fortified section) – from which the hotel takes its name. The Old High Street has, over the past 400 years, seen many historical events and great names such as Nelson and Keppel. To those interested in historical fact, a drink in the Sally Port Inn will be an experience to remember.
About the building…
The Hotel is scheduled as a building of Special Architectural or Historical Interest under the Town and Country Planning Act. The building is ‘frame built’ using oaken timbers of its period, as well as more ‘modern’ timbers from the old wooden-wall ships of the early 19th century. The walls have a fair share of these timbers, as well as a sloping floor into the bargain, along with a door that is not quite rectangular.
In it’s early life a conversion took place, perhaps the main alteration being the introduction of a handsome cantilever staircase, the hub around which the present inn lives. This staircase is a truly Georgian masterpiece – with the backbone of the stairwell being a ship’s top-spar, a mast some 40 feet in length, parts of which can still be seen in various floors of the inn. This mast is said to come from a 1798 HMN frigate knows as “Penelope”, discovered by builders during renovations in 1947.
