Shakespeare Distillery has been shortlisted twice in the West Midlands Tourism Awards. The independent artisan spirit producer based in Stratford-upon-Avon has been shortlisted in the Experience of the Year and Small Visitor Attraction of the Year and is one of only a small handful of businesses to be shortlisted in the Stratford-upon-Avon region. The awards are being held in March and regional winners will automatically be put through to the national VisitEngland Awards for Excellence in June.
The Distillery is up for Experience of the Year for its Gin School, which was launched three years ago, and ran for almost a year before the first national lockdown. The Gin School enables visitors to try their own hand at being a distiller and create their own gin using a miniature copper still and an array of botanicals, alongside expert tuition. At the end of the three-hour session, visitors will have distilled, blended, bottled, sealed, and labelled their very own unique bottles of gin to take away with them.
Some of the recent five-star reviews on TripAdvisor include: “It was a brilliant and fun experience. You can make whatever you want, under the guiding hands of the staff. Really nice and charismatic, entertaining guys, with lots of anecdotes about gin and the history of distilling, which all helped to make the afternoon a great experience”; “Fabulous experience, guides were so friendly, and the spirit tasting was so much fun! Can’t recommend enough”.
Peter Monks, director, Shakespeare Distillery, says: “We are absolutely thrilled to have been shortlisted twice in these Awards. Having established our business six years ago, our gins and rums have gone from strength to strength, and we introduced our distillery tours and gin school three years ago with plans to further develop our visitor experiences in Stratford this year.”
