These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc. NID cookie, set by Google, is used for advertising purposes; to limit the number of times the user sees an ad, to mute unwanted ads, and to measure the effectiveness of ads. The distillery is run by Nickolas Franchino, whose Italian family used to make spirits and liqueurs back home. To bring it down to bottling strength, a robust 46% ABV, they use naturally refined Cotswolds water. I don't drink a lot of gin but tried this at the distillery yesterday and loved it and bought a bottle The lavender is really evident on the nose and it has an excellent flavour either neat or mixed with the uniper evident but not dominant.

Each was distilled individually over the course of a month so that they could get a better feel of how they could be used in the final recipe.The black pepper and lavender bring a really unique element but it never strays away from being a classic, juniper-heavy gin with a refreshing kick and a characterful and endlessly oscillating sweet-spice duality. Nine botanicals, including lavender, fresh lime and pink grapefruit peel, combine to create a full-bodied and smooth gin. Then the unique botanical mix of Cotswolds lavender and bay leaf, grapefruit, lime, black pepper and cardamom seed are added into the bespoke Holstein pot still for distillation before finishing with naturally refined Cotswolds water.

Szor has been following the growth of the whisky industry up in Scotland since 2000, when he became obsessed with the spirit after attending a presentation by the Scotch Malt Whisky Society in Paris. Though made initially to resolve the cash flow issues of a whiskey producer, Cotswolds Dry Gin is far from a backbench project, fusing botanicals grown from within its home region’s stunning stretch of rolling hills with traditional gin flavourings. At the end of the tour, you can make yourself at home in our stylish tasting room to sample our range of spirits and liqueurs. Please always read the labels, warnings, and directions provided with the product before using or consuming a product. That high oil content comes into play on the mouthfeel too and at 46%, it’s smooth enough to sip neat.We use over 10 times the average amount of botanicals when crafting our gin, which causes a beautiful and distinctive pearlescent cloud to appear when ice or tonic is added. Tasting Notes: Nose: Fresh notes of grapefruit with earthy coriander backed up by sweet piney juniper. The Cotswolds – despite its bountiful land and booming tourist industry – had no distilleries in its 787 square miles. A botanical mix of Cotswolds lavender and bay leaf, grapefruit, lime, black pepper and cardamom seed is then added for distillation before finishing with naturally refined Cotswolds water. Due to the unusually high volume of botanicals that are used, the gin causes a beautiful pearlescent cloud to appear when ice or tonic is added.