Berkshire Gins & Distilleries in Berkshire
On This Page: Berkshire Gin and Distillery directory, reviews and tasting notes, distillery tours and gin schools in Berkshire, interviews with Berkshire distillers.
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The Royal County of Berkshire, home to Windsor Castle, has a short history of distilling but is now home to 3 gin distilleries. Pete Lumber launched Berkshire's first gin distillery, 137 Distillery, which was located at his pub, The Newbury, before moving to a dedicated site in 2022 at '137 Eat. Drink Distill' in Newbury town centre, but sadly closed in 2023. Berkshire Botanical Gin, launched in 2019 by Whitley Neill founder, Johnny Neill, is based on the rural Yattendon Estate in West Berkshire.
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The gins featured in this guide are gins which, to the best of our knowledge, are produced in Berkshire. There may be additional products named after places in Berkshire or that are based in Berkshire, however, they will not be featured in this guide if our understanding is that they are produced outside of Berkshire.
Berkshire Gin Reviews - A to Z
Berkshire Botanical Gin
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Launched in 2019, Berkshire Botanical Gin is based on the 9,000 acre Yattendon Estate in West Berkshire - the largest grower of Christmas trees in the UK. The Berkshire Botanical philosophy is to create sustainable botanical spirits inspired by the botanicals growing on the Yattendon Estate, and Berkshire Botanical Dry Gin takes inspiration from the Christmas tree growing by featuring Norway Spruce.
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For more gins produced in Berkshire, try:
- Gee Gee Gin (Newbury)
- Hawkridge Gin - Hawkridge Distillers (Compton)
- The Windsor Batch Gin - The Tarbay Botanist (Windsor)
Gin Distillery Tours in Berkshire
Currently none of the distilleries in Berkshire are open for Distillery Tours or Gin Making experiences.
Explore distilleries in neighbouring Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire.
Explore distilleries in neighbouring Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire.
Meet the Makers
Get to know Berkshire's finest gin creators and distillers in our 'Meet the Maker' interviews. Find out what inspired them and how they created and launched their gin, how it's made, what botanicals are used, what you can experience if you visit their distilleries, how best to serve their gins, and what they have planned for the future:
