East London Liquor Company Spirit of Gin Tour and Tasting for Two
Overview
The Spirit of Gin Tour and Tasting at East London Liquor Company will take you on a voyage through the astonishing world of gin, from its ruinous past to its modern-day revival. Distilling since 2014, East London Liquor Company is located in Bow Wharf where they produce their gins, all highlighting botanicals from across the globe.
Gin and tonic in hand, you will head behind the bar into the distillery to see how their gin is made and hear the shocking stories of gin’s dark history. From there, you will visit the tasting room for a led tasting starting with three of East London Liquor Company’s own gins, followed by three contrasting gins.
- SKU
- PELLG2
- Locations
- 1 in the UK
- People
- For 2
- Validity
- 12 Months
- Rating
- 4.9 (36)
What's Included
- A gin and tonic each
- A visit to a unique London distillery
- A tasting of East London Liquor Company’s three London Dry gins, as well as three contrasting gins
- Experience gift pack including personalised voucher and message card
What happens on the day?
When you arrive in Bow Wharf, make your way to the bar. There you will be welcomed and served a gin and tonic each as the Spirit of Gin Tour and Tasting starts.
Over the course of the tour you’ll learn how they go about producing their quality gins and the history of distilling in London over the years. Along the way you’ll taste three of their gins as well as three contrasting gins.
Before or after your experience, why not reserve a table in East London Liquor Company's highly-acclaimed restaurant for a bite to eat?
Participant guidelines
- Minimum age: 18
- The experience content, equipment used and restrictions may vary
Availability
This experience is run on the first three Fridays of the month at 18.30, and Saturdays at 12.00 at 14.00 Exclusions may apply.
We recommend you book at least four to six weeks in advance to ensure that dates are available. All bookings are subject to availability.
Please allow approximately 1 hour 30 minutes for the full experience.
What about insurance?
The centres contracted with us hold public liability insurance. We also hold contingency liability cover. You will not be liable for accidental damage to equipment, except where damage has been caused as a result of recklessness or wilful negligence.
Please ensure you are familiar with the terms and conditions of the experience.
How it works
Customer Reviews
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Julien
19/10/2020
Very nice
We tasted 6 gins including the 3 house gins.
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Susan
14/03/2020
Excellent Tour
Really enjoyed our tour of the distillery - Rose really knew her stuff, no question was left unanswered, made the experience fun
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Simon
09/03/2020
Excellent
Great tasting. Rosie was very well informed about gin making and the history of gin. An excellent afternoon out !
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Neil T
01/03/2020
Nice Gin tasting experience
An informative Gin tour and tasting experience. A small distillery but still worth going for the tour because you learn a lot of facts about the history of gin and how it is made etc. Also included is a tasting of 6 various gins. The Distillery has its own small restaurant (reservation advisable) which was great to have a light meal after the tour. Thoroughly recommended.
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Sarah
08/12/2019
Really enjoyable tour and tasting.
The tour started with a gin and tonic which set everything off on the right note. We had a very interesting, knowledgable and enthusiastic talk about gin making whilst sipping our drinks and peering inside massive vats. The gin tasting at the end was fascinating and enjoyable whilst challenging our taste buds to which herbs and other things we could taste as well as smell. A really enjoyable tour that I would highly recommend. The restaurant after was yummy too!
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Andy
20/10/2019
Gintastic
Had voucher bought as a birthday present. Visited midday on a Saturday. Had the best time. Tour guide was so informative and engaging. Gin was lovely and we went away with a bottle for later. Would recommend!
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Tom
22/09/2019
Fantastic Evening
Great interactive evening learning about and tasting tasty gins. Stayed for a Negroni after which was amazing too.
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Maria
18/09/2019
Great experience with a great team
Thank you to Jess who was very quick to respond to all emails which made booking the tour so easy. Me and my partner had difficulty on the day, missing our gin experience due to delayed trains. However Rose was fantastic and went above and beyond to get us on another tour the same day. This really meant a lot to us and your the staff are really welcoming. Rose made the gin tour a truly great experience. She is knowledgeable, professional and the the whole tour was amazing. Highly recommend
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George
09/09/2019
Great afternoon
Really nice lunch in a pretty courtyard followed by an engaging, interesting and very enjoyably Gin tasting, with Plenty of Gin to taste.
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Mats
02/09/2019
Gin Tour at ELLC
Really lovely day, brilliant tour guide and ver informative. Found a new favourite gin.
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Jenny
18/08/2019
Extremely enjoyable
Informative, enjoyable and very well done. Would recommend thoroughly
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Tricia Paton
10/08/2019
Gin experience
Hostess for the eve was brilliant - friendly funny and very knowledgeable- lovely eve - thank you
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Russ
04/08/2019
Gin Tour Highly Recommended
Brilliant tour run by Jess, informative, fun, and plenty of gin to drink. Would def recommend it, and may well return to do the similar whiskey tour...
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Mark
29/07/2019
Interesting, fun and lots of gin!!
My wife and I were bought this for our Christmas present. You can't book the tour more than 2 months in advance so don't try to.... But when you do go for the tour, you'll find out the history of gin, be told how it's made at ELLC and you'll have a great tasting session which is amazing...and of course you'll end up in the shop but by that time you'll really want to buy lots of the new gins that you've just tried A really great experience although my afternoon was a little blurred!
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Hannah
28/07/2019
Fantastic experience for Gin lovers
Took my Dad for his birthday and both thoroughly enjoyed! Our host Rose was fantastic, very friendly and got all the group involved. The tour was very interesting and the sampling was well organised. Would recommend for gin tasters.
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Janet
15/06/2019
Birthday gift
Very informed and entertaining evening.
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Fiona Place
19/05/2019
Really interesting tour
Had a great time on this tour. G&T on arrival, interesting details on the history of gin and how they distill theirs. Finally lots of tastings to follow!!
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Marc
13/05/2019
Highly recommended
Really enjoyed this experience; very welcoming and knowledgeable staff, great gin and highly recommend you book a table in the restaurant after your tour- food is excellent
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Robin whitworth
27/04/2019
Experience
Tour leader Jess very chirp good rapport and excel to knowledge well done to her . The experience was good and the gin helped
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Philippa
06/04/2019
Great fun
Great hour and a half. Learnt a lot about gin making. Our host was fantastic and took us through the gin tasting with lots of humour.
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Marc Davis
10/03/2019
Great Company, Great Ethos, Great Products
Really great introduction to the history of Gin, made so interesting by the knowledge of our host.. followed by an hour spent tasting Gin. What more could you want in an afternoon! Highly recommended (even if you not a Gin fan).
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Matthew
03/03/2019
A great experience
I really enjoyable evening. The tour guide was friendly and knowledgeable. Exactly what we were looking for.
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Debbie
25/02/2019
Brilliant
Jess was an amazing guide. Very knowledgeable. We had a great time and well worth doing!
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Julie and Rachel
27/01/2019
Fantastic and very interesting experience
Absolutely loved the East London Liquor Company Spirit of Gin Tour and Tasting for two. Jess the tour organiser was brilliant! I would definitely recommend.
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David
04/11/2018
All round great experience
Our tour and taste guide Jess was really friendly and knowledgeable. Learned a lot whilst having a good laugh too
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Paul Knight
04/11/2018
Gin Tasting Tour
Excellent in every way. The tour was informative, lively and above all entertaining. The gin tasting itself was a revelation, and highly enjoyable. Our guide Flo was an absolute star.
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Sue
24/09/2018
Gin Day
From the minute we walked into the bar, the staff were extremely friendly and helpful despite being busy with a birthday party. The coffee in the restaurant whilst we waited for the tour to start was also one of the best I have had for a long time and competitively priced. The tour itself was very informative and delivered in a friendly manner with more than enough gin in atmospheric surroundings!
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Dee Harrington
12/08/2018
Ellc
Loved it, relaxed atmosphere, fun tour would recommend to any gin lover
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Wendy Knight
11/08/2018
East London Liquor Company Gin Tour
I went on the Gin Tour with my husband what a lovely evening it was. Alex our guide was extremely knowledgable and very entertaining 😀 A lovely G & T to start the evening and then 6 taster gins. I love a G & T but did not know a lot about how it is distilled etc I have now been educated! Would highly recommended well done Alex 👍
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Dan
16/07/2018
The best gin tour so far...
Great your, Alex was an amazing guide. Very generous with the gins and very informative.
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Nigel
02/07/2018
Great experience at ELLC
Fantastic, knowledgeable, Hugh Grant esk host that certainly had a least one Australian girl in a flap. Obscure facts with a polished entertaining delivery And the gin was nice too
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Happy Couple
31/08/2021
Great date night
We were caught up in road closures but they waited for us with a drink and a smile and we had a very enjoyable hour learning & tasting. We booked the restaurant for after the tour and it allowed us time to talk on a relaxed way in a relaxed atmosphere. A much needed night out!
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Leanne
27/08/2019
Great tour
Rose gave a very informative and witty tour giving facts and telling us about how gin is made. Gin tasting was lovely.
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Sam
21/07/2019
Gin Tour & Dinner
Tour brilliant, Jess was a great guide and engaging. We had food after and it was some of the tastiest and classiest food we have had in London.
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Gill
16/06/2019
Gin Tasting with friends
Really excellent tour guide. Very welcoming. Just the right balance between informative and funny. Great afternoon. We had food afterwards - very tasty. We would highly recommend.
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Katie
22/04/2019
Great fun and interesting
A good little bit of history on the background of gin. Jess who did the tour was great fun and managed the group well. The tasting was fun. The group should have been slightly smaller to be more interactive and get 5 stars!
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London
- Bow, London