Lancashire Gin & Distilleries in Lancashire
On This Page: Lancashire Gin A-Z with reviews and tasting notes, distillery tours and gin schools in Lancashire, interviews with Lancashire distillers, and behind-the-scenes video tours with Brindle Distillery and Lytham Gin.
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Lancashire, in North West England, has a long industrial history and in the 19th century the area was a major centre of economic activity, including coal mining and textile production. Whisky was commercially produced in large volumes in Lancashire during the 1800s, with records also showing a significant amount of illicit whisky production taking place, especially in the moors around Blackburn and Haslingden. In recent years, beginning with the launch of Brindle Distillery in 2017, Lancashire has been rapidly developing a name for itself as one of England's finest gin producing countries.
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The gins featured in this guide are gins which, to the best of our knowledge, are produced in Lancashire. There may be additional products named after places in Lancashire or that are based in Lancashire, however, they will not be featured in this guide if our understanding is that they are produced outside of Lancashire.
Lancashire Gin Reviews - A to Z
Cuckoo Gin
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Launched in 2017 and based at Brindle Distillery on Holmes Farm in Chorley, the Cuckoo Gin range includes spiced, sweet, savoury, and aged gins, with Cuckoo Supernova Gin being a Winner in the Flavoured Gin category of The Gin Guide Awards 2022:
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Lancaster Spirits Co - Firecracker Gin
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Launched in 2022, Lancaster Spirits is a grain to glass distillery housed alongside the home of Lancaster Brewery. Their flagship gin, Firecracker Gin, is distilled from their own beer and 17 botanicals sourced from across 4 continents, delivering notes of pine, earthiness, citrus and exotic spice:
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Lytham Gin
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Launched in 2018 and based in Lytham St Anne's near Blackpool, the Lytham Gin range includes their Original Gin, Old Tom and Navy Strength Gin, as well as a large range of flavoured gins. Lytham Gin Navigator's Strength was a Winner in the High ABV category of The Gin Guide Awards 2022:
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No. 186 Gin
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No. 186 Gin was launched in 2019 by husband and wife, Matt & Lynsey Postlethwaite, who are based in Lytham St Annes and are the founders of 'One Eight Six' bar in Manchester. The No. 186 Gin range also includes their Berries & Honey Gin, Passionfruit & Vanilla Gin, and their Wonky Duck Old Tom Gin made in collaboration with Coronation Street
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For more gins from Lancashire, try Batch Gin, Black Powder Gin, Forgan Gin, Lancaster Dry Gin, Stable Yard Gin, Spirit of Garstang Gin, and Wild Fox Gin.
Distilleries & Tours in Lancashire
Several of the wonderful distilleries in Lancashire are open to visitors for tours, tastings or gin making experiences, which make for the ideal experience for gin lovers living in or visiting Lancashire.
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Meet the Makers
Get to know some of Lancashire'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:
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Behind The Scenes
See behind the scenes at Brindle Distillery, Lytham Gin and Wild Fox Distillery in the videos of our Instagram Live distillery tours and Q&As!
