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Spend 2.5 hours with Aberdeen’s Head Distiller creating a 70cl bottle of custom gin. Learn botanicals, distillation basics, and bottle and name your creation—the perfect hands-on tasting experience in the city.
Spend 2.5 hours with Aberdeen’s Head Distiller creating a 70cl bottle of custom gin. Learn botanicals, distillation basics, and bottle and name your creation—the perfect hands-on tasting experience in the city.
You step into a small production room and the copper still seems almost alive—warm metal humming while vapours pick up citrus, cardamom and the sharper green of juniper.
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Operated by City of Aberdeen Distillery & Gin School · Aberdeen, Scotland
You step into a small production room and the copper still seems almost alive—warm metal humming while vapours pick up citrus, cardamom and the sharper green of juniper.
Guided by the Head Distiller, this two-and-a-half-hour workshop turns you from spectator into maker: a double G&T welcomes you, a short primer explains base spirits and traditional botanicals, then you choose from more than 100 botanicals to design and distil a 70cl bottle of gin. While the alembic pulls your recipe through its first run, the group samples the distillery’s range and the distiller explains how botanicals, proof and cut points shape flavour.
Aberdeen’s distilling ties echo the city’s maritime past—imported spices met local waters in the granite port for centuries—and the recent gin revival leans on craft methods and organic inputs.
Practical notes: the experience is mostly standing with brief demonstrations at the still; everything you create is bottled, corked and labelled on site, and you finish with a celebratory cocktail. The venue is wheelchair accessible and offers non-alcoholic options. Expect hands-on measurement, aromatic tasting and decisions about strength and bottling.
Book in advance for weekend slots, bring valid photo ID and leave room in your luggage for a 70cl bottle. If you’re after a tactile lesson in flavour chemistry with immediate souvenir payoff, this session is a concentrated, convivial way to learn how gin is built—aromatic, technical and unapologetically fun.
easy.
2–3 hours.
Light physical activity—standing, short walks around the still; suitable for most fitness levels.
Yes—participants must be 18 or over and carry valid photo ID for tasting and bottling.
Yes—non-alcoholic alternatives are provided and the experience is wheelchair and stroller accessible.
Yes—each participant bottles a full 70cl bottle of the gin they design, chooses strength and labels it to take away.
Sessions are shared with up to 20 participants and are led by the Head Distiller; private bookings may be available on request.
Aberdeen’s maritime trade and access to imported botanicals shaped local spirits; the city’s craft distilling taps that port tradition while using modern small-batch methods.
The distillery emphasizes organic base spirit and responsible sourcing of botanicals; visitors are encouraged to drink responsibly and support refillable packaging where offered.
City of Aberdeen Distillery & Gin School operates guided outdoor trips and adventures with an emphasis on safety, stewardship, and memorable experiences.
You step into a small production room and the copper still seems almost alive—warm metal humming while vapours pick up citrus, cardamom and the sharper green of juniper.
You step into a small production room and the copper still seems almost alive—warm metal humming while vapours pick up citrus, cardamom and the sharper green of juniper.
Guided by the Head Distiller, this two-and-a-half-hour workshop turns you from spectator into maker: a double G&T welcomes you, a short primer explains base spirits and traditional botanicals, then you choose from more than 100 botanicals to design and distil a 70cl bottle of gin. While the alembic pulls your recipe through its first run, the group samples the distillery’s range and the distiller explains how botanicals, proof and cut points shape flavour.
Aberdeen’s distilling ties echo the city’s maritime past—imported spices met local waters in the granite port for centuries—and the recent gin revival leans on craft methods and organic inputs.
Practical notes: the experience is mostly standing with brief demonstrations at the still; everything you create is bottled, corked and labelled on site, and you finish with a celebratory cocktail. The venue is wheelchair accessible and offers non-alcoholic options. Expect hands-on measurement, aromatic tasting and decisions about strength and bottling.
Book in advance for weekend slots, bring valid photo ID and leave room in your luggage for a 70cl bottle. If you’re after a tactile lesson in flavour chemistry with immediate souvenir payoff, this session is a concentrated, convivial way to learn how gin is built—aromatic, technical and unapologetically fun.