When producing our Gin, all operations are performed within the distillery. We don’t outsource any of the process to another company, ensuring quality and control is maintained by us.

To learn more about our gin production process, simply use the buttons below. From botanical selection to distillation and bottling, each step of our process is carefully executed for the highest quality gin. Get started and learn more now!

To make our gin we use authentic Tudor garden botanicals including rose, lemon balm, sage, rosemary and old English lovage fused with the more familiar juniper, coriander and lemon peel.

With Stratford Gin we employ the ‘London Dry’ method of production, nothing can be added to the Gin other than the flavours imparted during distillation. For an added challenge and to ensure we really can say that we have created a handcrafted product we do this using the single shot method, meaning all the ingredients required to make one batch of gin are added in at the same time. We don’t make a concentrate and blend this down to get the flavour we want. This means we need to put the same love, attention and passion into every batch to ensure they each have a consistent delicious flavour.

To produce any spirit you need a Still. Choosing the right still is a major decision for any distillery and we are happy we have made the right choice with ours. Here at Shakespeare Distillery we like to fuse the old with the new to create something special and our stills ‘Portia’ and ‘Ophelia’ are no different.

Portia and Ophelia are very modern, discerning ladies, who help produce something very special. Portia, our original still, has a capacity of 250 litres whilst her big sister Ophelia is 500 litres, both are heavily insulated to prevent loss of heat, reducing the power requirement. This is combined with a computer controlled cooling condenser, which lets only the necessary amount of water in to cool the vapour down. Overall this means they are pretty environmentally friendly as far as stills go.

They also use an efficient amount of copper too. Copper can play an important part in removing undesirable sulphur compounds when making alcohol. To this end our ladies have copper strategically placed in the vapour path, meaning every drop of alcohol comes into contact with it before leaving the still. Come join us for a distillery tour to see them up close, where we will explain how they work in more detail.