Yipee we won!
We ditched the distillery uniforms for the day and headed over to the Henry Moore Foundation in Perry Green, east Herts for the Hertfordshire Life Food & Drinks Awards 2018.…
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It was all about about apple cocktail demo
To kick off the Tring Apple Festival month long celebrations our latest cocktail demo session was all about apple. Our Apple Fayre cocktail created especially for our pop up dining…
Read MoreWe’re finalists!
We’re over the moon to have been selected as finalists in the Rural Business Awards East region and the Hertfordshire Life Food & Drink 2018 Awards. All the judging has…
Read MoreShrub & Smash Cocktails Demo
Our popular cocktail demo sessions returned in early August, this time focusing on summer fruits. We demonstrated two types of smash cocktail and one type of shrub cocktail. Smashes are…
Read MoreA trio of silvers
Earlier this year we made the decision not to enter the San Fransisco World Spirits Awards, choosing instead to put all three of our gins before the judges at the…
Read MoreMartini meets Mahattan
With sweet orange and grapefruit citrus notes Campfire London Dry and Campfire Cask Aged gins both make deliciously smooth martinis. There’s a whole host of different martini recipes out there…
Read MoreHelp us make gin!
Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust are holding 2 balsam bashes on 3 and 24 July at Tewinbury and Rye Meads respectively. Ben and I will be there as it’s the Himalayan…
Read MoreWe’ve joined the Gin Guild
On a warm and sunny May evening Ben and I headed to London’s Guildhall and with juniper in hand we pledged our commitment to all things gin. It was a great…
Read MoreStargazing & Cocktails
It was 3rd time lucky on Friday 20 April for our Stargazing & Cocktails event. The weather finally played ball enabling Neil and Jane from Tring Astro to set up…
Read MoreDifford’s Guide. Inspiration. Jubilation
Just over 4 years ago, Kate picked up a hardback copy of Simon Difford’s 2nd Compendium of Gin. It still sits on our shelf as both a resource and reminder of how…
Read MoreWIN a Millican backpack and bottle of Campfire Gin
We’re big fans of UK designed Millican bags here at Puddingstone Distillery. Over the last few years they’ve been our companions for adventures near and far. Whether it’s been a…
Read MoreCocktail Demonstrations – Valentine’s Special
Following on from the success of our December drop in demos, focusing on Christmas cocktails, we this time turned to three local bars, who also happen to serve our gin…
Read MoreWe’re hiring
The position A Saturday job with a difference, not least because it may sometimes include evenings and Sundays too! You will be working in the shop, serving samples and talking…
Read MoreCampfire Special Edition No 1 raises £1326 for HMWT
We’re proud to announce that sales of our 2017 summer gin Campfire Special Edition No 1, the world’s first to use the invasive plant species, Himalayan balsam, has helped raise…
Read MorePUD PUD winter seasonal launch
Puddingstone Pudding Gin (PUD PUD for short) was launched on 10 November at the distillery’s Christmas Fayre and late night shopping evening held with P E Mead & Sons Farm…
Read MoreCampfire Navy Strength Wins Navy Gin of the Year 2017
With a judging panel featuring David T Smith (gin writer and founder of the Craft Distilling Expo), Olivier Ward (Gin Foundry) and Nik Fordham (Distillery Manager Chivas Brothers) we were…
Read MoreBest Newcomer at Hertfordshire Life Food & Drinks Awards 2017
The Hertfordshire Life Food & Drink Awards, one of the biggest events in the Herts food and drink industry annual calendar, took place in the Old Palace at Hatfield House…
Read MoreNEW Campfire Gin Special Edition No 1
This video was filmed and produced by Jonah Maddox Back in early 2016 when we were seeking permission to photograph our Campfire Gin bottle in an outdoor location, we came…
Read MoreLocal accommodation – Town Farm Camping
Located just 4 miles from the distillery is the amazing Town Farm camp site. Run by the Leach family, Town Farm is a working farm with beautiful views of the…
Read MoreChilfest 2017
Sometimes it’s best to get the experts in… a decision we wisely made having signed up to sell Campfire Gin at Chilfest 2017. Now in its 5th year, this annual…
Read MoreCampfire 2017
When we created Campfire Gin and indeed the Campfire brand, our goal was to engage with those who like their gin and tonic under the stars as much as they…
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