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Classic
London Dry · 43%
“Juniper-forward with mountain heather, lemon thyme and a soft cardamom finish. Built for a proper G&T.”
SERVE
Fever-Tree Indian · pink grapefruit twist
Glen&Juniper
015394 405 220
Craft gin distillery·EST. 2015
Hand-picked botanicals.
Distilled by the lake.
A copper still, a stone barn, and ten years of foraging the fells. Three gins made by hand, in small batches, on the shore of Windermere.
The range · three gins, three moods
Three gins, made by hand.
Each one starts in the same copper still, with the same Lake District water, and a recipe walked in from the fells outside. We make small batches and we sign every bottle.
II
Sloe
Hedgerow Sloe · 28%
“Late-autumn sloes steeped for fourteen weeks. Almond, dark berry, a wisp of marzipan. Sip neat, ice optional.”
SERVE
Neat over a single rock · or topped with prosecco
III
Damson
Damson Plum · 30%
“Foraged damsons from the Lyth Valley. Stone fruit, baked plum, the faintest cinnamon. A pudding in a glass.”
SERVE
Cloudy lemonade · or with vanilla ice cream
70cl bottles from £38 · miniatures £9 · all three in a gift box £105
Inside the still house
“A good gin should taste of where it's from. Ours tastes of damp stone, late heather, and a long walk back down the fell.”
Margaret Sinclair · Distiller & Co-founder
From the fells
Six botanicals,
most of them foraged.
Five we walk out and pick from the fells, the becks and the orchards between Ambleside and Grasmere. One we admit we have to import. We'll tell you which on the tour.
01
Juniper
Wild, hand-picked from the Borrowdale fells each September.
02
Heather
Cut at the end of summer when the fells turn purple.
03
Damson
Lyth Valley orchards, gathered in late October.
04
Lemon Thyme
Grown in the distillery garden, six paces from the still.
05
Cardamom
The one we don't forage — Guatemalan green pods, cracked fresh.
06
Angelica Root
Foraged from the becks above Grasmere in early spring.
WHERE IT COMES FROM
A stone barn, a copper still,
and the lake out the back door.
Tours & tastings
Saturday afternoons.
Ninety minutes in the still house with the distiller, a walk through the botanical garden, and a flight of all three gins served with tonic, ice and a slice of whatever's ripe. Twelve seats per session, no walk-ins.
Saturday
14:00 & 16:00
Sunday
By private booking
Mon — Fri
Tasting room only · 11:00 — 17:00
Saturday Tour
90 minutes · £28 per head · Includes a flight of three gins, tonic, and a 10% discount in the shop.
Designated driver tickets £15 — soft serves of every gin.
Designated driver tickets £15 — soft serves of every gin.
Trade & wholesale
On the back-bar of good places.
01
Restaurants & bars
Forty-five hospitality partners across Cumbria and the North. Trade pricing on cases of six.
02
Hotels & inns
House gin programmes for the Langdale, Lowood, Holbeck Ghyll and a handful of others.
03
Independent off-trade
Stocked in twenty-six village shops and farm stores between Kendal and Keswick.
04
Events & weddings
Bespoke labels, bar packages, gin masterclasses on the lake — talk to us.
From the trade press
“Glen & Juniper's Classic is the rare craft gin that actually tastes like the place it's from. Heather, fell water, late summer in a glass — and a quietly perfect London Dry.”
The Gin Guide · Editor's Pick 2024
Find Us
On the shore,
past the chapel.
The tasting room and shop are open Monday to Friday for walk-ins. Tours and private tastings by reservation only — give us a ring, we always pick up.
Telephone
015394 405 220Distillery
Glen & Juniper Distillery
Lake Bank, Storrs
Windermere, Cumbria LA23 3LB
Lake Bank, Storrs
Windermere, Cumbria LA23 3LB
Opening Hours
| Monday — Friday | 11:00 — 17:00 |
| Saturday | 10:00 — 18:00 |
| Sunday | By appointment |
The shop
Bottles, miniatures, tonics, glassware and gift boxes — in person or shipped UK-wide.
Free postage on orders over £60.
Free postage on orders over £60.
Getting here
Eight minutes from Bowness pier. On-site parking. The 599 bus stops at the chapel — two minutes away.