Cheshire Gins & Distilleries in Cheshire
On This Page: Cheshire Gin and Distillery directory, reviews and tasting notes, distillery tours and gin schools in Cheshire, interviews with Cheshire distillers, and our behind-the-scenes feature at G&J Distillers in Warrington.
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Cheshire, in the North West of England, has been historically best known for its agriculture and the famous Cheshire Cheese, but it is also home to Britain's oldest continuous distillers. G&J Distillers in Warrington is the legacy of Thomas Dakin who pioneered the distillation of a higher quality of gin when he began distilling in 1761. It is one of the country's largest gin producers, distilling a long list of household name gins including Bombay Samphire Gin, Greenall's Gin, Opihr Gin and many supermarket own-brand gins. Cheshire has continued this distilling heritage with new distilleries established in the past decade, including Three Wrens Distillery in Combermere near Whitchurch, and 13 Oaks Distillery in Wrenbury, launched in 2024.
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The gins featured in this guide are gins which, to the best of our knowledge, are produced in Cheshire. There may be additional products named after places in Cheshire or that are based in Cheshire, however, they will not be featured in this guide if our understanding is that they are produced outside of Cheshire.
Cheshire Gin Reviews
13 Oaks Gin
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13 Oaks Distillery was established on Little Abbey Farm in the village of Wrenbury in 2024 by farmer Tristan Parker. Tristan has lived on Little Abbey Farm for over 40 years and has a passion for natural produce and natural flavours. The 13 Oaks Gin range includes their London Dry Gin, Pink Citrus Gin, Spiced Gin, and Summer Breeze Gin.
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Three Wrens Gin
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Three Wrens Distillery is based in Combermere near Whitchurch and was launched in 2019 by Nick Wadeson. The distillery is open for tours and is also home to Cheshire's only Gin School. The Three Wrens range includes their Original Gin, Apple Crumble Gin, Bison Grass Gin, Blood Orange & Apricot Gin, and Raspberry Gin:
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For more gins produced in Cheshire:
- Capesthorne Gin - Cheshire Distillery
- Forest Gin - The Forest Distillery
- Second Son Gin - Second Son Distillery
- Spirit of George - Big Hill Distillery
- The Edge Gin - The Edge Distillery
Distillery Tours & Gin Schools in Cheshire
Several of the wonderful distilleries in Cheshire are open to visitors for tours, tastings or gin making experiences, which make for the ideal experience for gin lovers living in or visiting Cheshire.
- 1. Forest Distillery (Between Macclesfield & Buxton)
- 2. The Edge Distillery (Near Congleton)
- 3. Three Wrens Distillery (Combermere near Whitchurch) - Tours & Gin School
- 4. Three Wrens 'The Nest' (Nantwich) - Tastings & Gin School
Meet the Makers
Get to know some of Cheshire's finest gin creators and distillers in our 'Meet the Maker' interviews and 'behind the scenes' features. 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:
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Behind The Scenes
See behind the scenes at G&J Distillers, the oldest continuous distillers in Britain and a distillery not normally open to visitors. To mark the completed restoration of the G&J Distillers' still house and the release of the new Greenall's Gin bottle design, in 2017 The Gin Guide took an exclusive behind-the-scenes tour of the Warrington distillery with Head Distiller Joanne Moore.
- Read our full 'Behind the Scenes' feature at G&J Distillers
