Craft Your Own Gin for Two at Devon Gin School
Overview
Tap into gin-infused creativity and craft your own bespoke gin with this Craft Your Own Gin for Two at Devon Gin School. Renowned for its innovation and boasting numerous awards under its belt, Devon Distillery is the perfect place to embrace your inner gin connoisseur.
Join a Master Distiller in the distilling room, where you’ll be sampling the distillery’s gin, discussing your ideas, and getting the low-down on botanicals. Knowledge at the ready, the two of you will head to your copper still and create your unique gin. You’ll even design your own label, perfect for when you take home your 35cl bottle to show off to family and friends.
- SKU
- PDGSG2
- Locations
- 1 in the UK
- People
- For 2
- Validity
- 12 Months
- Rating
- 4.8 (48)
What's Included
- Devon Gin School Experience for two people
- Create your own gin using a copper mini still
- Sample the distillery’s gin
- Custom design your own label together
- Take home a bespoke 35cl bottle of your own gin
- Experience gift pack including personalised voucher and message card
What happens on the day?
On arrival at Devon Distillery, you’ll meet a Master Distiller who’ll be your guide for the day. Sample the distillery’s own gin, spend some time discussing your ideas, and then choose from a selection of botanicals to create your own unique gin using a copper mini still.
You’ll even get to design a custom-made label, before taking home your unique 35cl bottle of gin.
Please note for an extra £15 you can upgrade to a 70cl bottle or 2 x 35cl bottles (payable to the gin school on the day).
Participant guidelines
- Minimum age: 18
- Any persons attending the experience may be asked to produce ID and failure to produce may result in that person being unable to attend the experience
- They reserve the right to refuse entry those who are deemed to be intoxicated
- Whilst there is disabled access to the site, it is located on a steep hill. Please advise in advance if someone wishes to take part and is wheel chair bound as the stills table is high and specific alternative equipment will need to be in place
- No spectators allowed
- The experience content, equipment used and restrictions may vary
Availability
The experience runs year round, with 2 or 3 sessions daily seven days per week. Exclusions may apply.
Group sizes are restricted to a maximum of 10 as there are five stills available to book. Each still is shared by two people.
We recommend you book at least two weeks in advance to ensure that dates are available. Bookings may be taken as late as the day before the experience subject to availability.
Please allow up to 2 hours 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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Richard
20/09/2021
Excellent gin experience
Excellent couple of hours gin making at Dartington. Great place, very friendly staff. Definitely worth going. Will be trying the rum mak8ng experience soon.
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Julie and Nick
05/09/2021
Great Experience
We had a great time making gin. Mo was a good teacher very knowledgeable very welcoming and helped us novices through it all. Was great experience would definitely recommend to gin lovers.
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Jonathan Barratt
29/08/2021
Brilliant experience
Had such a good time little Kate was brilliant she had such knowledge and made whole experience so much fun. I would recommend this to anyone who loves gin
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Richard
29/08/2021
Excellent couple of hours
Very enjoyable session.well organised and a great bottle to take home.
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Emily
27/08/2021
Fantastic Day!
2 21yr olds went as a graduation treat! It was so lovely and the staff were very helpful and knowledgeable. Our gin tasted great and we enjoyed the two complimentary G&TS! 100% would recommend. Only negative was the one we went is that it's quite tucked away from any cities so you have to drive / get a taxi!
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Emma
07/06/2021
A fabulous day ..... and went home a little tipsy
This was a gift for my 50th birthday. It was delayed due to covid but was well worth the wait. The staff made the gin school experience fun and was surprised that I learnt so much as well as going home a little tipsy. Was a fabulous afternoon.
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Edward Maltby
29/05/2021
Fun making gin
A really friendly and informative session enabling you to add botanicals of your choice.
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Kim
27/10/2020
Fabulous
Had a great gin making session today assisted by the lovely little Kate. She was very knowledgable about the whole process & guided us in our selection of botanicals. Tasted some lovely gins while we were there to. Would highly recommend this as a gift or treat.
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Rod Newman
25/10/2020
Awesome day
From arrival to departure laden with our bottled creation I have nothing but praise for the set up, the education and the gin itself. Of course none of this. Would be possible without the direction of our Master Distiller of the day Ben. This is an exceptionally good session and one which I have already researched further as gifts for others. Highly recommended to everyone.
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Laura Jones
13/09/2020
Great experience !
My husband and I received The Gin Making experience as a gift . It was very well arranged in a room where each couple had their own seated area with all you need to make Gin. It was very comfortable and well spaced which is very important at this moment in time . The young lady that guided us through the experience was bright and bubbly and clearly very knowledgeable about Gin making. She made our time there very enjoyable and we learn more about the process. Thanks , we really enjoyed it
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JUDY & GEOFF
15/03/2020
Absolutely fabulous experience
We were given Craft Your Own Gin as a Christmas present by our son and daughter as they know how much we love our gin. We spent 2 hours crafting our bespoke gin with Jessie - the master distiller. She took us through every step of the process with utmost professionalism and kept us supplied with samples of their gin and also offered a variety of tonics to accompany our tipple. Jessie was able to advise us of the recommended quantities of botanicals to include in our ‘recipe’. We love our gin.
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Lainey
14/03/2020
Brilliant
This was an incredible experience, Mo knew her stuff and was most helpful and lovely
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Marcus Postlethwaite
04/03/2020
Devon Gin School
Great couple of hours drinking and making gin, would highly recommend 👏👏👏
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Duncan
01/03/2020
Make your own gin
We had an excellent afternoon making our own gin. Ben the schools in house distiller was an excellent host. The day started with a very large gin. We then proceeded to make our own bottle from base alcohol to the finished product. An excellent way to spend a cold wet afternoon
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Christy Lush
24/02/2020
Gin distilling
Brilliant experience! Very knowledgeable team, two glasses of gin while you distill your own...bottle to take home ... what more could you want?!
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Wendy
23/02/2020
Gin Making was amazing
Had a great afternoon thanks to the excellent presenters. Can’t wait to taste my gin
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MJC
19/02/2020
Worth travelling so far
This was a gift to share with my Son. What a great bonding experience! It’s a tiny venue, only 12 of us around 6 stills, but we shared a giggle and created a wonderful product.
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Elspeth
01/02/2020
Gin making
Great fun- especially on a wet January afternoon! Good clear instructions and a couple of G and Ts to help the whole afternoon along
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Lindsay
30/01/2020
Super fun
Thank you Jessie for your knowledge and encouragement to make our gin making super fun!
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Sue
29/01/2020
Great experience in the art of gin making.
We had a fantastic experience. Jesse was a lovely young lady teaching us the art of gin making.
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David
27/01/2020
DGS
well worth the time and money. Knowlegeable Master Distiller, good presentation. An entertaining and educational experience.
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Aidan
22/01/2020
Brilliant
We had a lovely afternoon making Gin. Our host Jessie was brilliant and helped to distill our own flavour of gin. Great fun and we'd do it again. Thank you
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Sharon
13/01/2020
Highly recommend
Amazing afternoon, learnt new things and had wonderful fun whilst enjoying making and drinking Gin 😊
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Nick Holman
27/12/2019
Fascinating gin experience
Spent a great morning at Devon Gin Distillery. We were the only ones in the session so undivided and informative attention on one-to-one. Easy to take gin for granted but not after this insight. Everything fully explained but really left to make own choice of ingredients. So it really was "our" gin we were making. Took about 1.25hrs as no one else to distract our tutor. The outcome? Well naturally it is the best gin I have ever drunk. Honest! If you've half a thought to doing this - go for it!
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Susan
15/12/2019
Fabulous fun
We headed down to Dartington home of the Devon Gin School and lots of other great shops and restaurants as well - so don't just plan on being there for the 2-hour course! There is plenty to see and taste. It was great fun crafting our own gin even if I did manage to put the bilberries in the orange peel instead of the mixing pot. Extremely enlightening and a great group of fellow gin makers meant the two hours passed a little too quickly. Would definitely recommend this experience.
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Carolyn
16/11/2019
Devon Gin School - Crafting Gin
Excellent experience, lovely people both in our little group and at the Devon Gin School, really enjoyed the experience of crafting our unique bottle of gin. Really friendly, welcoming, relaxed atmosphere created by the wonderful young lady taking our session, nothing was too much effort - knowledgeable, open and extremely helpful - a really fun day out in beautiful surroundings.
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Mark and Linda Capon
13/11/2019
Gin Making Experience
Our time at the Dartington Gin Distillery was a thoroughly enjoyable time and would recommend it to anyone, absolutely brilliant.
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Ann Bartlett
04/11/2019
Gin Making in Devon
A very enjoyable afternoon for my friend Paula and I at The Gin Making School at Dartington Shopping Village. Ben and Jessie, our Gin Experts, were knowledgable and friendly. They explained how gin is made, and let us loose to make our own concoction, using a variety of ingredients- there was a wide choice- and we could watch it distilling whilst enjoying a couple of G&Ts! We took home our own unique bottle of gin, made to our own recipe, complete with customised label. Definitely recommended
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Jane
21/10/2019
Gintastic!
I thought I knew about gin but apparently not! Fabulous 2 hours learning, tasting and creating - with great company- and our own labelled bottle to take home 😊
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Jo
29/09/2019
Such fun!
Informative and fun. A really lovely afternoon learning all about gin, how it is made and it’s contents. What flavours work well together and what to avoid. This is an absolute must for any gin lover!
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Kayleigh
27/09/2019
Brilliant fun!
If you know somebody that loves gin this is a perfect treat for them! Situated in Dartington shops brilliant location and our guide was fantastic.
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Andy
21/09/2019
Gin making
A very informative and rewarding afternoon, thanks to our ‘tutor’. Plus we left with a bottle of our gin.
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Chris
15/09/2019
I learnt a lot about making gin
A very informative 2 hours during which time I learnt a lot about how gin is made. This knowledge was turned into practice by making a half bottle of gin to my own recipe. This gin had 7 spices and was appropriatly named after my dog, see picture. If you like gin you will love this.
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Beccie Mugford
12/08/2019
Brilliant
An excellent couple of hours and Jess and Katie were fantastic. Both so friendly and patient and made the experience
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Leanne
30/07/2019
Brilliant experience
We thoroughly enjoyed the gin experience. Interesting to learn about the different herbs/ spices and citrus favours used. Of course the tasting was the best bit! Would definitely recommend.
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Julie
15/06/2019
Really enjoyable experience
We really enjoyed the visit, we learnt a lot about gin flavourings and how it's made, we got to make a bottle of gin and choose our own flavours, with the advice of our "teacher" who was very informative. Would highly recommend
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Kitty
13/05/2019
Fantastic time
This was such a great experience. The distillers were so friendly and knowledgable. There was a wide range of botanicals to choose from and they all got explained well. Unlike other gin schools, this was intimate with only 4 gin stills meaning you got a more hands on experience and chance to learn about gin. The farm shop it’s situated in is great and all the staff are very friendly.
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Jamie
12/03/2019
Make Your Own Gin Experience Day
Excellent experience - Staff were very knowledgable, friendly and accommodating. Would definitely recommend to anyone who has an eye for gin.
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Ian Devon gin school
28/08/2021
Great day out
Very enjoyable and interesting visit
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David Cooper
12/09/2020
Fun experience
My wife and i recently enjoyed the 1.5hrs gin making session we attended Little Kate(as she likes to be called) pitched it at just the right level and made it both interesting and enjoyable It was great fun to design our own label
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Becca
14/03/2020
Fantastic experience!
I wasn’t sure what to expect as this was gift. From booking to the day itself the customer service was faultless. Really enjoyed the experience and would highly recommend to others. We ended up upgrading to two bottles and it was super easy. Great fun!
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Paul S
11/03/2020
Fun gin day
A fun day creating and tasting gin. You get a few samples but get a kowledgeable overview of what make gin differ.
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Garraway
08/03/2020
Great fun, something different
Great distiller, although we were packed in , there was a good atmosphere and the explanation was really interesting. Will be better when moved to larger premises, but we enjoyed it regardless.
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Jo
02/03/2020
Very interesting
Very good hosts with lots of knowledge
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Helen
01/03/2020
Interesting Day
We worked in pairs to create the gin - so you need to be with someone who has the same taste in gin as you! The experience was really interesting but it would have been helpful to understand the effect of the different botanicals more clearly, possibly through tasting different gins with different botanicals, rather than several tastings of the same gin. It was a good experience though
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Jude Spackman
21/10/2019
Great experience
Super afternoon making Gin. Very educational and great fun. Jessie was extremely knowledgeable and helpful. The only down side was that we felt very rushed towards the end due to the next class waiting. Should have been more staggered. Highly recommended for gin lovers!
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Shamus
04/10/2019
Good value & enjoyable experience
Our gin experience started at 10.30. 10.30 does seem a little early to start drinking g & t's but at least at that time your palate is not tainted with over powering tastes so you can understand what your being told regarding adding ice & tonics. Really enjoyed the experience & understanding the way different flavours can be combined. If you like gin you will like this.
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Lynn Ingram
13/05/2019
Great Go on Experience
Great few hours of interesting information about Gin. Thank you for the drinks while distilling my own choice of botanicals. Very enjoyable.
Locations
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South West
- Totnes, Devon