Edinburgh Gin Distillery Making Experience

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3 hours 30 minutes
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1 - 8 guests
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English
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Craft your own bespoke gin at Edinburgh Gin Distillery. Enjoy an immersive tour, select botanicals, and savor a guided tasting. Raise a custom G&T in honor of your creation.

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For each guest that attends this experience, byFood will donate
10 meals

Experience Details

Journey to the heart of gin-making by crafting your own bespoke gin. Following an immersive distillery tour to explore the intricate process behind our renowned spirits, you will unleash your inner distiller in The Arches Gin Lab.

Here you will select some of the earth’s finest botanicals under the expert guidance of a Distillery Ambassador, fire up one of our small copper stills and indulge in a seasonal tutored tasting featuring gins from our award-winning range with delicious local produce – whilst our slowly simmering stills release the essential oils and flavours from your chosen botanicals.

Commemorate the moment with a custom label before raising a tailored G&T in celebration of your creation.

What You Get

Snacks
Charcuterie & cheese board
Alcoholic beverages
Gin Making Experience: Unleash your inner distiller in our Gin Lab. Craft your own bespoke gin, choosing from a wide range of botanicals, and bottle your creation with a custom label to take home.

Good To Know

  • Over 18's only, we cannot accommodate small children or babies on our experiences
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
  • All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
  • Not recommended for pregnant travelers
  • Service animals allowed

What You’ll Experience

Journey to the heart of gin-making by crafting your own bespoke gin. Following an immersive distillery tour to explore the intricate process behind our renowned spirits, you will unleash your inner distiller in The Arches Gin Lab. Here you will select some of the earth’s finest botanicals under the expert guidance of a Distillery Ambassador, fire up one of our small copper stills and indulge in a seasonal tutored tasting featuring gins from our award-winning range with delicious local produce – whilst our slowly simmering stills release the essential oils and flavours from your chosen botanicals. Commemorate the moment with a custom label before raising a tailored G&T in celebration of your creation. What's included Gin Tasting Create your own 70cl bottle of gin to your own recipe Charcuterie & cheese board Final G&T

Meeting & Pickup

Meeting Point

The Edinburgh Gin Distillery at The Arches, East Market Street, Edinburgh Scotland, United Kingdom, GB, EH8 8FS

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Enter via the front door of the Edinburgh Gin Distillery - our friendly reception team will then check you in for your experience. Please arrive 10min early for your experience.
End Point

This experience ends at the meeting point.

Cancellation Policy

All bookings are final. Once the host confirms the experience, cancellations by the guest will incur a 100% charge.

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Highly recommend
June 29, 2025
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So much fun! I learned so much about the process and different combinations of botanicals as well as different gins with different mixers. Davide was an excellent guide and James distilled my perso...read more

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Perfect for solo travelers
May 28, 2025
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What a lovely tour! Beautiful building and our amazing tour guide Riley was so informative and fun! Met such nice people in our group from all over. A must do!

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Fabulous Edinburgh Gin Tour
May 27, 2025
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Fabulous tasting and tour. Orlagh was a brilliant tour guide and was informative and fun. What a great way to spend an afternoon in Edinburgh.

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Lovely way to spend an afternoon
May 26, 2025
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Fun, informative tour with our guide, Davide. Good explanations, answered questions and never became boring. Great tips for mixing your own custom G & T. The gins that we tried were all fantasti...read more

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Super tour of the distillery with tasting
May 26, 2025
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Great guide which starts with a good gin and tonic. We booked the tour at short notice and fully enjoyed the hour in the distillery. I can only recommend the tour to any gin lover

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