If you are looking to just get to know Sipsmith Distillery and savour some of the best hand-crafted spirits, this is the perfect experience for you. City of London distilleries: City of London Distillery, City of London [invited for a second visit] As well as the drinks during the experience you will take away a full bottle of your own bespoke gin and a bottle of Portobello Road gin. You will be taught how to taste gin in the proper manner and appreciate this fine spirit in all its glory!

These days, most cities around the world have an array of chic gin bars but there’s nothing quite like the gin scene in London. You’ll find everything from distillery tours and tutored tasting to gin cruises. The London experiences scene is incredibly diverse. Known as the quintessential explorers’ tipple, G&T’s have been the beverage of choice for discerning drinkers in Britain for centuries, and there’s no denying that London is by far the UK’s most gin-soaked city. As part of our big gin taste test, our panel of WSET-accredited wine and spirits experts and consumers sampled 50 classic dry gins neat, and then again diluted with a small amount of water, to ensure the flavour was not impaired by any mixer. The Hyde Bar is the ideal hideaway from the bustle of London and boasts old British luxury and charm everywhere you look. What’s Katie Drinking?! Her own gin! ? Yes that’s right I made a gin! OK so I didn’t distill it but I had a fab time @distilleryldn Ginstitute blending my own bespoke gin and I’m glad to report that it’s a lot more successful than my first attempt at a kaffir lime gin! ? . ❓If you could make your own drink what would you make ❓ . #gin #ginstitute #thedistillery #makeyourowngin #ginandtonic #ginfornegroni #portobelloroad #nottinghill #gintonic #westlondon #londonbylondoners #mysecretlondon #whatskatiedrinkingSacred gin was created 10 years ago in Ian and Hillary’s kitchen in Highgate, North London. Sacred is made using vacuum distillation, which means a lower temperature distillation, so it’s safer to have in your house! Ian distills the organic botanicals after macerating them in the base spirit (English wheat spirit) for 4-6 weeks to fully extract the aromas and flavours. He then blends these together to make Sacred gins. They have a wide range of gin flavours, featuring different key botanicals, which a fascinating to taste to see how these combine in other gins. Sacred also make award winning Vermouth, their Rosehip Cup and Whisky.

Keep reading to discover the very best gin tasting experiences the capital has to offer. Or if you’ve had enough gin, perhaps try some London whisky tastings. West LondonAll of our tours can be rolled out for a private group of people (sounds fun dunnit?). We've also been known to bring the booze to you with virtual online tastings... because geography should never get in the way of the good stuff.