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About our Gin Distilling Experience
Make your own gin with the help of a Master Distiller.
To start your experience you will be greeted with a welcome G&T while your host Kate provides an introduction to the Gin Kitchen. You will also be provided with further G&Ts whilst you make your gin.
Kate, our Master Distiller and Co-Founder, runs the gin distilling experience. Kate will guide you through the whole process of making your own gin. Starting off with the botancials, you will explore which ones are going to go well together. This is done by chopping them up and smelling them, to decide which ones to put together. Next it's off to the distillery to weigh and measure out all the botanicals and put them into Betsie Apple Pip which is our experimenting still. The distillation process is started and you will taste the gin as it comes out of the still. After this, your gin needs to be reduced by adding water to bring it to bottling strength. Finally, you will need to taste your gin in the cocktail bar, name it and design a label for the bottle before taking it home.
You produce one 70 cl bottle at the experience, and we keep records of the recipe so that you can order more bottles at a later date and our distillers will make them for you. Smaller miniatures can also be given out for corporate events.
The experience itself will last between 3-3.5 hours, the bar will remain open if you fancy having another drink or two.
Dear Kate & Team
I don’t know how to thank you for such a fantastic experience on Saturday. Everything was brilliant - from the copious amounts of g & ts, to making the gin, the food, the amazing atmosphere and beautiful surroundings - we all loved it! You were all so kind and attentive making it a special experience I’ll never forget!
And Kate - you’re MARVELLOUS! Keep doing what you’re doing - you’ve really created something unique and special - not just the products but a thoroughly lovely team too and that really comes through! Thanks for all your knowledge and fun and I think you might have one of the best laughs ever 😂
Really hope to be back soon. In the meantime, I hope you all have a fabulous and, if possible, relaxing Christmas.
With very best wishes
Hil x
Our Current Gin Range for Inspiration
Here are our descriptions of our current gin range to give you some ideas of how botanicals go together.
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Blushing Monkey Pink Gin
A juniper-led but gorgeously floral colour-changing gin with a delightful sweet, but not too sweet fruity twist
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Dancing Dragontail Summer Gin
A wonderfully refreshing floral gin with a kick of aromatic green cardamom and uplifting citrus notes from pink grapefruit.
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Insane Ostrich Gin
Our take on a classic dry gin, made with lemon and lime zest, coriander seeds, angelica and orris roots. It has a classic gin taste with the vibrant and rich character of a Gin Kitchen Gin.
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Gutsy Monkey Winter Gin
Full-bodied rich and smooth with subtle citrus and complex aromatic highlights.
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The Ginger Cat Gin
Silky smooth, delicately spiced, vibrant and opulent. This gin created by Reeba, our Head Distiller is made with tonka beans, Iranian orange flower and orange zest.
Upgrade your Gin Distilling Experience with Food
During your gin distilling experience, there will be plenty of time for something to eat from street food to bar snacks.
Location of the Gin Distilling Experience in Surrey
We are based in the Surrey Hills in the beautiful countryside on a farm setting. The nearest town is Dorking and the train station is only 2 miles away with a 5 minute taxi journey.
The Gin Kitchen
Goldenlands Farm
Punchbowl Lane
Dorking
Surrey
RH5 4DX
United Kingdom
Parking is available.
Days & Times
Our gin distilling experiences are by arrangement only. Please call us on 01306 889598 to discuss dates.
Reviews of our Gin Experiences in the Surrey Hills
Read a few of our marvelous guest reviews about our gin expereinces in Surrey below. You can see more guest reviews on our Google Reviews listing and you can even add your own review.
Other Gin Experiences at our Distillery
Apart from gin distilling experiences, we also offer at our distillery in the Surrey Hills:
Please check out gin experiences calendar for dates and times of current experiences for the next few months.
You can also buy a Golden Ticket - Gin Experience Gift Voucher as a present for yourself or someone else.
Find out more about all our gin experiences by clicking on the link below.
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Pricing & Booking our Gin Distilling Experience
Our gin distilling experience costs £400 for up to 6 people. Extra people can be added for £25 each, with a maximum of 12 people for each experience.
We look forward to welcoming to our gin distilling experience in the Surrey HIlls.
To make a reservation, please call us on 01306 889598 or email us at fabulous@gin.kitchen