The Oxford Artisan Distillery Tour with Tastings for Two
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Overview
Immerse yourselves in an artisan spirits enthusiast’s paradise with a behind-the-scenes Oxford Artisan Distillery Tour with Tastings for Two. You’ll learn how they make their award-winning Vodka, Gin, and Rye Whisky.
The perfect opportunity for spirit lovers to while away a late morning or afternoon, you’ll follow every step of the journey from seed to still – and into the bottle. Hear about the exclusive organic heritage grain at the heart of the spirits, discover the principles of their unique approach to distilling and the production processes which make the craft spirits so special.
To finish, there’ll be an opportunity to enjoy a delicious G&T and tastings of the Oxford Rye Organic Dry Gin, Ashmolean Dry Gin, Physic Gin, Oxford Rye Organic Vodka and Oxford Rye Spirit throughout.
- SKU
- POADS2
- Locations
- 1 in the UK
- People
- For 2
- Validity
- 12 Months
- Rating
- 4.9 (41)
What's Included
- Walking tour of The Oxford Artisan Distillery and its day-to-day running
- Discover the fascinating grain-to-glass processes
- Learn about The Oxford Artisan Distillery's unique history and their beyond organic approach to production
- Sample three gins, one vodka and one of their Rye spirits throughout the tour
- Experience gift pack including personalised voucher and message card
What happens on the day?
On arrival, you’ll be greeted by a member of The Oxford Artisan Distillery team.
You’ll be given a thorough tour of their working distillery, learning the history of this unique brand and their approaches to creating renowned artisan organic spirits, including an example of grain-to-bottle distillation. Throughout the tour, you can sample a selection of their spirits.
Participant guidelines
- Under 18s must be accompanied by a full paying adult
- Minimum age for the tasting: 18 (you may be asked to provide ID)
- There are no disabled toilets but the distillery is accessible by wheelchair
- The experience content, equipment used and restrictions may vary
Availability
The experience is available Tuesday to Friday. Excluded dates including Christmas, Boxing Day, and New Year's Day will apply.
Tuesday to Friday: 12.00, 13.30 and 15.00
Each tour currently has a maximum capacity of 12 people.
We recommend you book at least four weeks in advance to ensure that dates are available. All bookings are subject to availability.
Please allow 45 minutes to 1 hour 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.
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Sam
12/09/2021
The Oxford artisan Distillery. Fun tour
Edward our tour guide was amazingly informative and great fun. The tour started with a history lesson on the distillery with 1 vodka and 3 gin samples initially alongside a gin and tonic or vodka and mixer. Then a tour round the distillery with a whiskey sample. Finally a sloe gin sample which were all very yummy. If your a gin lover definitely worth a visit.
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Johanna
06/09/2021
Lovely time touring the Oxford Artisan Distillery
The distillery really is a project born out of love and and care -- a very Oxford mix of careful research, love of history, and bit of lunacy. Their alcohols taste fabulous and the staff are unusually passionate. The feel of the place is also exceptional -- gorgeous outdoor garden, beautiful bar, alcohol brewed right behind the bar, everything in old-style barns. An hour is probably not enough time to get in all the information they'd like to impart. Our guide talked very fast!
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Julie
01/09/2021
Interesting and excellent value
Absolutely loved our visit to TOAD. The staff were welcoming and our tour host was passionate and bursting with knowledge. The gin tasting was fun! And I am now hooked on their gin. Great relaxed setting and lots of free parking.
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Liam
30/08/2021
TOADally brilliant
What a great distillery and bunch of people. Truly passionate about what they do and local, organic. Tasting experience was great and ‘guide’ had a good balance of info and interest. Not just scripted. Well worth a visit.
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Mandy
29/08/2021
Very enjoyable and good value
A very enjoyable tour, very knowledgeable and enthusiastic guide really helped our experience. Unfortunately there was a mix up in respect of the start time (not the distillery’s fault). However they dealt with the situation very well, and ensured we did not miss out. Would definitely recommend a visit.
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Martin
27/08/2021
Great tour
We loved every moment of the tour from the tour guide's knowledge and enthusiasm for his job, through to the history and tasting of the gins, then the visit to the to the working part of the distillery. Would highly recommend.
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Tim
27/08/2021
Enjoyable, Informative and Tasty!
A fascinating insight into the world of these passionate artisan distillers, handily located 10 minutes from the centre of Oxford. It's a small business with big ideas and impressively original products - samples of which you get to taste during the hour-long tour. We enjoyed the informality and small group size (12) which gave loads of opportunity to ask questions and see the process up close.
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Martin C
12/12/2020
Great experience - most enjoyable
Enthusiastic guide, great stories, good fun
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Amelia
19/10/2020
An Interesting (and Safe) Tour
We had a fantastic time at this gin experience. We were one of 5 couples so the tour is a nice, safe size during this weird time. The gins and vodkas were delicious and the staff were so passionate about their work. So interesting, but still entertaining, tour. Would highly recommend
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Tina
30/08/2020
Brilliant
Great time
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Richard
13/03/2020
Fun, interesting
Loved it! The guide was great, knowledgeable and understandable. Generous with tastings, learnt so much about distilling.
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Caroline
24/02/2020
Brilliant morning out to celebrate our birthdays
I had no idea what to expect of the tour, however the team on site were friendly and good fun. The man doing the tour was very funny and made it very interesting. There was also a very good selection of different gins and whiskey to try. Would definitely go back
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Donna
20/02/2020
Very Interesting
The tour was very interesting and we really enjoyed it. The tasters were good too.
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Michael & Joanna
15/02/2020
Gin Tour
Fantastic and well presented by a very knowledgable staff member
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Neil
14/02/2020
Really well run tour
I have been on a few distillery tours in my time but this one shone out as being above average. The tour group was small and the 45 minutes flew by with the explanations of how they came into being - probably helped by a shot of a rather excellent vodka to start us off. It was a cold day after all. We tasted three different gins plus what they have in the pipeline by way of whisky. They are not a whisky distillery yet but can become when they have been there for at least 3 years.
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Ben
12/02/2020
Great tour, friendly staff!
The Toad distillery gave us a fantastic tour, really interesting and very informative. Sampling their delicious spirits was definitely the cherry on top!
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Louise
08/12/2019
The Oxford Artisan Distillery tour
It was a birthday gift and my husband and I Loved it. Friendly and welcoming, very informative tour and tastings with the managing Director of the company. Delicious gins and a whisky too. Would definitely recommend a visit.
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Sarah
08/12/2019
Fantastic Tour
My daughter gave me this experience for my birthday & we both really enjoyed it. Really interesting & lovely passionate staff who obviously live & breathe their products. Delicious tastings in a great setting. Would definitely recommend it if you like gin and are interested in finding out about the distillation process.
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N&L
01/12/2019
Fun and interesting visit
TOAD is deceiving ! On arrival it appears chaotic and disorganised but once the tour gets underway you will be fascinated to learn this is only 1 of 8 grain to glass distilleries in England. The vodka taster was really welcome on a cold November day and was delicious. This tour was an amazing glimpse into the work of an incredible team of bonkers enthusiastic artisans. The lab, the distillery and the people make this a remarkable experience- oh and the gin is also fabulous !
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Chris Young
25/10/2019
Excellent gin tour
We visited the Oxford Artisan Distillery and had a fabulous morning. An interesting and enlightening tour of a truly artisan facility. And an excellent product. We took a bottle home to enjoy and will be back for more. Highly recommended
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Ann
15/10/2019
Great afternoon gin tasting
Enjoyable and interesting afternoon tour of gin tasting at The Oxford Artisan Distillary.
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Jamie
05/09/2019
Excellent tour and unique distillery
Excellent tour and unique distillery
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Nigel
25/08/2019
TOAD
We were made very welcome on the tour, we found out about the history of TOAD and the process of Making Gin.
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GemGem
24/08/2019
Fantastic little visit
Great experience. Really friendly and welcoming staff. If you are a gin connoisseur then this is a must. Plenty of samples to try and left with quite a few bottles purchased as they produced some amazing Gina 😀
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Christine Foster
23/08/2019
Great gin tasting at TOAD
A very informative visit to The Oxford Artisan Distillery. The tastings were plentiful and delicious. If you're a gin freak this is the place to go. A great way to spend an hour or so.
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Natasha
05/08/2019
Brilliant!
Fab tour - much longer than the anticipated 45 minutes but so interesting and lots to learn (and drink!) A dab afternoon well spent.
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Ellie
08/07/2019
Fantastic gin, fantastic experience!
Absolutely brilliant - the staff were incredibly friendly and welcoming. We were greeted with a G&T before the tour and then tasted all the spirits. The passion of the company was clear and we had a fantastic time. I would definitely go back, even just for a drink once the beer garden is ready!
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Geoff
17/06/2019
Very interesting and informative tour
Loved the TOAD distillery tour. A very unique gin producer produced in a bespoke distiller. The guide (and company director) was very knowledgeable and made the tour very interesting. If you love gin you’ll love this.
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Carole
10/06/2019
Good fun at TOAD.
Very informative and fun from pick up in town and all through. Lots of tastings.
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Claudia
08/05/2019
Lovely afternoon
Great tour. Friendly staff and lovely dog call Fred. Sampled gin, whiskey and vodka and all of it was amazing.
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Tracy
06/05/2019
Great helicopter experience & Toad distillery
It was lovely helicopter experience in Oxford & enjoyed Toad distillery tour. Something to experience
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Martin
25/04/2019
A thoroughly enjoyable visit. Not just a gin tour!
A birthday present that was really worth having. Our tour guide was Leslie and our group was about 11 persons. Very casual and yet informative. Having already been on another producers gin tour, TOAD being a somewhat special distillery was fun and interesting. Accompanied by tastings of Vodka and Gin in the old barn bar it was a memorable afternoon. We already like the Physic gin but seeing how it is produced was a bonus.
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Caroline
17/03/2019
Artizan weekend
This was a very interesting to learn about how artisan gin, vodka and rye whiskey is made. Also to get to try them they were delish!
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Martin Bull
15/02/2019
TOAD Distillery
Very friendly, informative and interesting.
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Jordan and George
27/01/2019
Fantastic tour, with delicious gin
The tour guide and all staff were passionate about what they were doing, which really shows in the products. Would recommend to all gin lovers, and would go again!
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Kathy Gunning
16/11/2018
TOAD (The Oxford Artisan Distillery)
This tour was very well run by a very lovely Lady called Sarah who gave you a well rounded introduction into how a distillery works including the science behind it all and the end result that we tasted really is worth its salt. Loved it,
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Michelle
03/02/2020
It just kept getting better
This was a birthday gift from my friends. It turned out to be a great afternoon. The guy that toured us was entertaining, fun, knowledgeable and friendly. I highly recommend this to all. (Get the bus, so you can drink)
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Maurice
12/12/2019
Oxford Artisan Distillery tour
Present from my son who believed it was a whiskey tour so I was a little disappointed no whisky was available as it had not matured and not being a vodka or gin drinker doesn't help. Distillery is in its infancy but what was demonstrated was interesting. If what is planned is a good as what has been done so far they have success in their hands. Worth a revisit in a couple of years.
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Greg
06/08/2019
Sunday + gin...
A great afternoon at T.O.A.D. Oxford (The Oxford Artisan Distillery). What better way to spend a summer's afternoon than sampling vodka, gin and whisky with an enthusiastic guide.
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Nigel
08/07/2019
A fascinating and good-fun experience
Enjoyed this experience - and learnt from it. The samples were good too!
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Ian
19/11/2018
TOAD distillery tour
Excellent behind the scenes tour, informal and informative. Really enjoyed the tasting of a great product.
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South East
- Oxford, Oxfordshire