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Elderflower and Quince

Elderflower and Quince Gin
It’s been a busy few months for us here at Shakespeare Distillery, running our distillery tours, gin schools, cocktail masterclasses and gin cruises… oh and making some gin too! We’ve been working hard on developing new flavours too and are very excited to announce the launch of our latest product to the range, our Elderflower and Quince Gin. We blend our award-winning Stratford Dry Gin wit...
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Gin Refill Scheme… save money, save the environment!

Gin Refill
At Shakespeare Distillery, the environment is important to us - as such, we recycle and reuse as much as we can. Join us on our waste-reducing mission. I think you will agree our gin tastes amazing, and our bottles look lovely too?! Don’t throw the glassware away: bring your bottle back to our distillery, and we will refill it for you at a discounted rate. Not only that, but each refill ear...
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Shakespeare Distillery Moves to New Premises

Gin School
Shakespeare Distillery has officially opened its doors to the public for the very first time after moving to new premises and bookings for the state-of-the-art Gin School are being taken. The new home on Drayton Manor Drive is bigger than its predecessor on the Alscot Estate, and it means that the business can expand production thanks to the introduction of its new still, offer tours, as we...
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Mulberry Gin

Mulberry Gin
We are super excited to announce the second product from Shakespeare Distillery, Mulberry Gin. Mulberry Gin is made by combining Mulberries with Stratford Gin and leaving them to steep for several months before decanting and bottling. The result is a deep rich fruity Gin ideal for sipping or using in cocktails. Mulberries are one of those fruits that you will never see in the supermarket...
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Shakespeare and Mulberries

Mulberry Tree
Shakespeare very famously planted a Mulberry tree in the gardens of his home ‘New Place’ in Stratford upon Avon following instruction from the palace in 1609 that all landowners should plant them in the hope of promoting a native silk industry. Fortunately for us the wrong variety of trees were imported, instead of the white Mulberry which silkworms feed on they had imported black Mulberry trees. ...
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