The Old Calf Shed Auction Mart, N Lonsdale Rd, Ulverston LA12 9AU, UK
Shed One Gin Delirious Craft Spirit
Meet The Team
Launched in October 2016 by husband and wife team, Andy & Zoe Arnold-Bennett, in the market town of Ulverston, Cumbria. We create and produce award-winning, classically distilled craft gin with a contemporary-style. A true micro-distillery, with approximately 160 bottles per batch. Cuckold’s Revenge was our first creation!
“Smooth enough to be sipped, bold enough to be mixed.”
We started in our Garden Shed and moved to The Old Calf Shed in 2019. Here, we opened a Visitor Attraction, winning both Cumbria Tourism’s EXPERIENCE OF THE YEAR, 2022 & The Icons of Gin, BEST VISITOR ATTRACTION, 2022. We host Cumbria’s only Make Your Own Gin Experiences, as well as Distillery Tours & Tastings and a botanical-inspired Afternoon G&Tea. Our awards include Great Taste, Crafdi and The World Gin Awards, plus the Gin Distillery has won The Gin Guide’s, ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY AWARD, in 2020, 2021 & 2022. Cuckold’s Revenge, the very first Gin we created, is featured in “101 Gins To Try Before You Die”!
We’re looking forward to seeing you at Shed One, in the meantime we deliver our products nationwide.
Shed One, raising a smile since 2016!
Team Shed One
Andy-Mr Gin
Born in Bury. Mr Gin holidayed in the Lake District as a child, where he learned that weather can hurt! However, he still fell in love with the area and made it his home.
A professional actor for over 20 years. He’s tread the boards from Land’s End to John O’Groats and from Asia to America with Shakespeare’s Globe and Northern Broadsides, among others. On screen, he’s ridden around Manchester with John Thomson while filming “Cold Feet”. Been pelted with tomatoes in French stocks in “Merlin”. And he had to make friends with a female tarantula for his role in “Tracy Beaker Returns” Ask him about the afternoon he spent being kicked by Nigel Havers!
His CV includes horse riding, puppetry and wielding a ballwhip!
Zoe-Mrs Gin
Mrs Gin arrived in Cumbria via an interesting route-taking in Scotland, various parts of England, South America, The Galapagos, South Africa, America, Japan & South Korea. Some may say she is an international woman of mystery, others may not.
She has a penchant for graveyards, linguistics and cooking. Plus, due to her past life as special paint finisher, she’s a dab hand at marbling and painting murials.
Mrs G loves creating new gin recipes; however, if you don’t like one, it was his idea!
Lindsay-Gin Elf
Meet our Gin Elf. This is a role that is dynamic, busy and very creative: much like Lindsay herself. A regular week can see her in the distillery assisting Andy with gin production, concocting marketing strategies with Zoe and Thea and hosting our ever popular gin experiences. Lindsay’s degree in Archaeology makes her perfect for this role.
Lindsay likes her processes to be efficient and has stealthily been changing things since she joined Shed One in 2021. What this actually means is that she’s often moving things and nobody but her knows where they are. Her favourite thing about Shed One is all the stories: about the gins and the people she works with. Lindsay brings her own compendium of tales of living in foreign lands, etymology and volunteering with Brownies and at local events.
A skilled photographer, Lindsay has documented weddings, events and family life locally and recently exhibited as an artist. When she’s not at Shed One taste testing new gins (the hardship), or taking product photos, Lindsay loves a walk in the Lakes with her family, returning to a good measure of Cuckold’s Revenge gin.
Thea-Botanical Pixie
Thea, our Botanical Pixie, arrived at Shed One in early 2022. Heralding from the herbal realm, Thea brought with her a myriad of botanical and medical knowledge as well as a passion for creating cocktails and potions.
Thea graduated from The University of Central Lancashire in 2008 with a degree in Herbal Medicine, and has gone on to run her own clinic, apothecary and online shop. She has a special interest in psychology and loves nothing better than an insomniac challenge.
When she’s not playing in the gin palace, Thea can be found cooking ramen, sipping Fancy Frolic in the bath or experimenting with new skin care recipes in her kitchen.
Images of Team Shed, Gin Elf & Botanical Pixie by Lindsay Ward.
Our Story
Zoe had been making compound gin elixirs for a while and Andy started getting more interested in the process. After playing with botanicals together, we decided it was time to take it up a notch and produce our own gin.
So, the next question was, where? Somewhere big enough for a small still, close to home would be good, rent-free even better.
“How about the shed?”
“Which one?” (We have two sheds in our garden)
“Shed One, closest to the house.”
And so, Shed 1 Distillery was born.
Andy & Zoe create most of Shed One gins together. Sometimes, one will have more influence over the final recipe than the other. Plus, we work together and separately on bespoke, limited editions for other people and businesses.
(Since late 2019, we have slowly turned Shed One back into our garden shed, as we moved over to The Old Calf Shed.)
So You Want to Set up a Gin Distillery?
We get asked this regularly, so here is our guide to setting up a gin distillery. There may be things we’ve managed to erase from our memories (not always smooth sailing), but the one thing we must emphasise is everyone we spoke to wanted to help.
- First point of call is HMRC. You may have heard that you can’t get a license to distil and rectify unless you have an 1800 litre still. This was never made law. It was only a guideline to stop people from blowing themselves up in their sheds, caves and other dwellings. The HMRC are helpful and can guide you through the process of getting your government licences.
- Become a member of the Alcohol Wholesalers Registration Scheme.
- Register with HMRC for Duty Stamps if you are going to sell your spirit in 300ml bottles or larger.
- Now the real fun starts! Contact your local licensing department, where you will hopefully find a kind, knowledgeable soul who will help you through the minefield that can be all the local licenses you need: personal, premises etc, as well as directing you to the courses you may have to take to obtain them. What you need differs from area to area. We have been very lucky with the friendly people we’ve come across.
- Now we head off to the planning department. Where is your still situated? Do you need a change of use putting on the building. Would there be an increase of traffic that impacts your neighbourhood? How do your neighbours feel about it? Have you ever fallen out with them or like us, have they become an intrinsic part of your taste-testing team?
If you are on an industrial estate, don’t take it for granted that it will be easy peasy lemon squeezy as the building may still need change of use. What will be the environmental impact? - Trading Standards and Environmental Health will find you. Either sit back and wait for a mysterious knock on the door, or get on the phone and have a chat. They will talk about weights, measures, types, standards, restrictions…You may feel you have thought of everything, but these guys will surprise you! They have many knowledgables and are happy to impart.
- Lock yourself in a dark, quiet room. Think it all through and decide whether you really do still want to do this….You decided you still want to do this! So:
- What will you need and where are you going to store it all? Large bottles, small bottles, bottles shaped like bottles, bottles shaped like skulls, dolphins, unicorns. Corks: large corks, small corks, corks that fit, corks that don’t fit, do you want corks? How are you going to seal your tops: wax, paper, plastic, Cellotape, granny’s crochet? Packaging: boxes for single bottles, boxes for triple bottles, boxes for posting boxes of bottles, 99% of boxes will be the wrong size, custom boxes can cost more than your gin! Labels: design, front label, back label, side label (?), colour, size, texture, type, matt, gloss, applied by hand or machine, wording. Logistics and supply of all raw materials: where are you getting them, will they have them the next time you ask, is it twice the price than before because it’s a Tuesday Marketing: social media, advertising, promotion, POS, walking round town with a sandwich board, wrapping your car, your van, your dog. Invoicing, banking, bookkeeping, credit agreements: don’t get us started!
- Don’t forget the still!
You may feel you need to collapse with a drink. The one good thing is, if you bite the bullet, you will always have a supply on tap!
Cheers!
Martini Gin 70cl
£37.95
The beauty of owning a micro distillery is being able to create small batches of our personal favourites!
We’ve combined Juniper, Grains of Paradise, Coriander, Wormwood, Orris Root & Lemon Verbena to create a gin with a Martini cocktail profile.
Enjoy as a sipping gin, or add tonic and ice.
For a classic Martini Cocktail, mix 6 parts Gin with 1 part dry vermouth.
Zoe’s go-to garnish? Three whole Olives!
Description
Zoe’s favourite cocktail is a dry, Gin Martini. So we created one!
“Shed One Martini Gin is an enticing and moreish gin that can be perfectly served on ice or in a Martini with a garnish of an olive or lemon twist. An initial clean wash of flavour from juniper and verbena makes your mouth water before the dry character builds with gentle pepperiness. As an aperitif, the goals of a Martini are to cleanse your mouth, awaken your taste buds and get your mouth watering, and Shed One Martini Gin achieves with great success – an ideal way to start a meal.” – Paul Jackson, The Gin Guide
Martini Gin. 42%abv
70cl
100% recycled glass.
Founder’s Gin for The Langdale Hotel & Spa
£34.95
40 Years of Ownership
The 1980s. A time of affordable housing, designer fashion, ad fabulous hairdos. Rubik’s Cubes, MTV, Live Aid, & Lady Di.
New hope, new pound coins, and New Romantics, Money for nothing, kicks for free.
Whilst London was Calling, Langdale was Forming, Luxury in the lake District. A new home nestled below the magnificent bosom of the Langdale Pikes
The Langdale teamed up with us here at Shed One to craft a gin tries to distil the essence of Langdale and all of those memories.
Perfect to sip, savour & reminisce with.
40 years, my how time flies.
You can get your hands on your very own bottle via Shed One or direct from Stove, at The Langdale Hotel & Spa.
Description
Founder’s Gin for The Langdale Hotel & Spa.
Distilled in Ulverston, by Shed One.
A classic London Dry Gin with layers of citrus & spice.
44%abv
Yiayia Gin 70cl
£37.95
“The taste of Crete in a glass. Amazing!” BB,Windermere
Yiayia Gin. 42%abv
70cl
100% recycled glass.
A very special collaboration between Zoe of award-winning Shed One, and Irini Tzortzoglou, Masterchef Champion.
Made with botanicals inspired by Irini’s birthplace: Heraklion, Crete and dedicated to all the Grandmothers, their strength and support. Yiayia (Greek for Grandmother) has been inspired, created, distilled and bottled by women. Zoe, Lindsay & Thea from Shed One and Irini.
A blend of juniper, fig leaves, olive leaves, rose pelargonium, vine leaves, oregano, lemon leaves and more.
Description
Yiayia Gin. 42%
70cl Bottle
100% recycled glass
Review from Paul Jackson, Founder & Editor of The Gin Guide:
“An enticing welcome from the green, leafy and citrussy aroma with a hint of rose. The dry and savoury notes are very neatly balanced with the hints of floral sweetness, before a lovely lingering dry finish where the oregano really comes through. It all makes for a charming and light G&T that you really can imagine sipping on a terrace in Crete!”
Botanicals
- Vine Leaves
- Fig Leaves
- Olive Leaves
- Mushroom
- Seaweed
- Rose Pelagonium
- Lemon Leaves
- Oregano
- Juniper
Ulverston 2023 Gin 70cl
£37.95
Bronze Winner of The World Gin Awards, 2024.
Cumbria: The Lakes And The Coast. Channel 5: Wednesday, July 17th, 8pm.
We’re excited to tell you that Shed One Distillery was featured on the first episode of Channel 5’s new series!
The production team followed us over a few months in 2023 while we foraged and created our Ulverston ’23 Gin. We then launched it at Cumbria’s biggest County Show, The Westmorland County Show. You can catch the full series on My5.
Ulverston ’23 Gin. 42%
70cl bottle
100% recycled glass.
We’ve kept the Herb Robert, Elderflower & Gorse from Ulverston 2022. New for 2023 are Rowan Berries, Meadowsweet, Wild Thyme, Water Mint & Sticky Willy…aka Galium Aparine!
Serving Suggestion: Classic serve with straight tonic water and a couple of ice cubes.
Ulverston ’23 Gin. 42% Botanicals
Description
Ulverston ’23 Gin. 42%
70cl
100% recycled glass.
All the botanicals (except the juniper) have been foraged within a mile radius of Shed One.
Part of each sale will go into our Marmalade Fund, to be donated to “Furness Homeless Support Group”.
Review from Paul Jackson, Founder of The Gin Guide:
“Ulverston Gin brings together herbal, herbaceous and floral notes in a showcase of local Cumbrian botanicals that is flavoursome, skilfully balanced and has a charming sense of provenance. The fresh herbal notes intertwine with the savoury herbaceous notes, while the floral botanicals have presence but without being overbearing. It is a gin that has been a labour of love for Andy & Zoe and this really shows in the finished product – a gin that Ulverston can be very proud of.”
Festive Bramble Gin Elixir-Available from late autumn 2024
£16.95 – £29.95
2023 edition will be available Friday, October 27th.
Our Limited Edition Festive Bramble Gin Elixir is created each year with the best of the season fruits.
Festive Bramble Gin Elixir is made with Heritage Apples from our friend’s organic orchard. Apples include, Dog Snout, Lady’s Finger, Keswick Codler, Egremont Russet & George Fox. Plus the season’s best local blackberries, plums, sloes and damsons. We combine them with festively spiced Shed 1 Gin to produce a warm, rich, traditional liqueur. A true gin with the sweetened smooth comfort of a real liqueur. A perfect winter tipple. 40%ABV
Serve straight, or add some tonic and a couple of ice cubes. How about warmed and neat? Alternatively, splosh some in your glass of Prosecco!
Due to using locally-grown, seasonal ingredients we have limited stock and once it’s gone, it’s gone!
Description
Silver Award Winner of 2022, World Gin Awards: Flavoured Gin
“Rich nose with fruits, spices and black pepper. Bramble comes through clearly on the palate with cinnamon and nutmeg. Really nice complexity, and nice balance between fruit and gin characters.”
Bronze Award Winner of 2022, World Liqueur Awards
Shortlisted for 2020 The Great British Food Awards. The judging panel gave it 10/10 for Taste and 5/5 for Provenance.
Woman & Home: Best Christmas Spirits in their Best Christmas Buys 2020.
As with all our online orders, for every order received we will plant an extra tree through our partnership with Ecologi. You can read more about our sustainability commitment
Cuckold’s Revenge 70cl
£37.95
Great Taste Award
The Gin Guide Award
Featured in “101 Gins to Try Before Your Die”.
“An interesting and beguiling blend of aromatics, soft and mysterious, delivering layers of Citrus and Spice with a lovely warming finish.”
Botanicals include green cardamom, coriander, nutmeg, fresh orange and lemon zest. 44%ABV
Cuckold’s Revenge is named after Andy’s character, the cuckolded Master Ford in Merry Wives, which he toured with Northern Broadsides in 2016. This was the very first gin we created.
100% recycled glass.
Description
Cuckold’s Revenge. 44%
70cl
100% recycled glass.
The first gin we created.
Fancy Frolic 70cl
£37.95
Whilst watching our Border Terrier frolicking on a wintry beach our thoughts turned to hazy, sunny days.
This led to us creating a gin with a lovely sunny aspect whose mix of three types of lime (petals, leaf and fresh zest), ginger, strawberry & elderflower can be enjoyed all year round! Who can resist a frolic?
Great Taste Award Judges commented: A really pronounced aroma of fresh lime, punctuated by some spices to give it appeal. The flavour is really well-balanced, with lots of the fresh lime character. With a good intensity from the alcohol to give it some punch. Quite a vibrant tasting gin. 43%ABV
World Gin Awards: Signature Gin
Swap your ice cubes for frozen strawberries!
Description
Fancy Frolic Gin. 43%
70cl
100% recycled glass.
Inspired by summer.
Shed Loads of Love! 70cl
£37.95
Shed Loads of Love.
A mix of rose petals, lavender and strawberry, blended with a pinch of chilli for that hint of heat.
Great Taste Awards: “Buoyancy of fruit and flowers is followed by a pleasant wave of chilli, plus the gin botanicals sitting deep. Tonic opens up the strawberry and florals even further.”
Perfect for sharing
Serving Suggestion:
Swap your ice cubes for frozen strawberries.
Description
Shed Loads of Love. 41%
70cl
100% recycled bottle.
Great Taste Award comments:
“Buoyancy of fruit and flowers is followed by a pleasant wave of chilli, plus the gin botanicals sitting deep. Tonic opens up the strawberry and florals even further.”
Serving Suggestion:
Swap your ice cubes for frozen strawberries.
Giggle in the Ginnel 70cl
£37.95
Giggle in the Ginnel
World Gin Awards: Signature Botanical. Judges described it as, “Clear angelica notes on the nose alongside poppy seed aromas. The angelica is also dominant on the palate with a heavy dose of juniper and a little rooty, earthy note. This is quite easy-drinking and will definitely please angelica fans.”
Giggle in the Ginnel was created for a party we had in the ginnel (Northern English for alleyway) next to our house. A marvellous time was had! The signature botanical is Star Anise (giving it an aniseed edge) mixed with Angelica joined with Elderberry and fresh Orange Zest to form a powerful gin of significant character. Warming and smooth.
43%ABV
100% recycled glass.
Description
Giggle in the Ginnel Gin. 43%
70cl
100% recycled glass.
World Gin Awards
Star anise, angelica root, elderberries, fresh orange zest.
Chilli Fest 70cl
£37.95
Chilli Fest Gin
Great Taste Award
The judges enjoyed the lemon colour and fragrant nose. The nose has hints of Indian spices and a warmth that is very pleasant. The chillies are nicely integrated and the heat remains throughout the palate.
We created this for Holker Hall’s Chillifest, and it’s made with locally grown chillies. If you are looking for a blow your head off chilli gin, this isn’t it! If you want a smooth, heated tipple you’ve come to the right place.
*Please note: This gin has a yellow hue. Chilli Fest is made using our traditional distilling method; then, we infuse it with fresh, locally grown chillies.
100% recycled glass.
Description
Chilli Fest Gin. 43%
70cl
100% recycled glass.
Great Taste Award
Fresh Zest, Spice and locally-grown chillies.
Festive Tipple 50cl-Returns in October
£34.95
Festive Tipple is Christmas in a glass! A smooth mix of festive flavours. Great Taste judges commented: Interesting clove and orange on the nose. A nice warmth of cinnamon, citrus and clove with spice first then a tender kick of alcohol continues into a long sweet spice finish. 43%ABV
Visit our Serving Suggestions and Recipe Page and check out our Festive Tipple Breakfast Martini cocktail. Cheers!
Distillery Tour and Tasting
Welcome to Shed One Distillery. On our tour and tastings you will be hosted by us, the owners and distillers, Andy & Zoe. We’ll chat you through our processes and share the stories behind our distillery and spirits.
As well as a welcome Shed One tipple, you’ll get to taste a further 5 spirits, before choosing your favourite for your second tipple. As well as gins, we also create botanical spirits and a festive liqueur (available from the autumn).
We host our Distillery Tours & Tastings on most Thursdays and Saturdays. There is limited availability for private groups. Please contact us for information. 07794699913
Make Your Own Distilled Spirit
Cumbria Tourism’s Experience of the Year Winner.
Visit England’s Excellence Awards, Silver.
We, the owners and distillers of Shed One, Andy & Zoe, host our Make Your Own Spirit Experiences on selected Sundays.
Keeping the groups small, we guide you through the whole process from choosing your botanicals (from over 40) to finding the perfect abv%.
There is limited availability on other days and for private groups. Please contact us for information. 07794699913
Afternoon G&Tea with Distillery Tour
As featured in The Sunday Times, “Seven of the Best Affordable Afternoon Teas”.
Our Afternoon G&Tea Savoury Bites, Sweet Treats and Scones are Gluten-Free. We host our Afternoon G&Teas on selected Fridays & Saturdays and some special days. There is limited availability on other days for private groups. Please contact us for information. 07794699913
For all ingredients and an allergen list: Shed One Afternoon Tea Allergens
