Our Story so Far
In late November 2019 I had a conversation with my dad that would change our lives. We were sat in his restaurant (The Lazy Lobster Chew Magna) looking at his fantastic spirit collection. Wouldn't it be amazing to get involved in this UK boom of fantastic distilleries? I've visited distilleries before and love watching the process of bringing natural products to life using traditional methods. But is it something I could do? Is there room in the market for another uk distillery? (I'll let you be the judge of that) but eventually we both decided to take the plunge and put everything into giving it the best chance of success we could. We did our homework, visited distilleries, met successful distillers and took their advice, applied for licences, got licences, bought a baby 3L copper still (named her Grace), sourced our ingredients and started the journey.
After plenty of wrong turns we did it.
We created a gin that is beautifully balanced, has our own twist and is absolutely ram packed with love.
We have since grown rapidly and now have our own fully licenced Micro Distillery in Chew Magna and in late July we installed our 150L copper pot still (Louise)
There was only ever one place we would name our little company after and that is my childhood playground, CHEW VALLEY. I'm proud to be part of the community and even prouder to be representing our part of the world.
We have a long way to go but we are hooked, we love doing what we are doing and meeting the people we meet along the way.
Give us a go. Support us. Taste the Chew Valley Spirit.
Our Products
With quality being our highest priority we have taken time to source the best ingredients available.
All gins in our range start with a certified organic neutral grain spirit. This is produced in the UK to the highest standards using British grown grains.
We have the some of the purest spring water available on our doorstep and only use Cheddar spring water in production.
Our botanicals are sourced with sustainability in mind and we use as many organic products as possible.
Where possible we hand forage ingredients for our limited edition gins.
We work with a local design company (Village Design) to create our incredible bottle design and a local printer (Vale Labels) to bring them to life.
Our bottles are manufactured in the UK and coincidentally is named the Brunel Bottle (Brunel is kind of a big deal in Bristol)
We make no compromise at any point of production.
All bottles are hand labelled and batch / bottle numbers are hand written.
Location
Our Distillery
Chew Valley Distillery
Wellington Gallery
Chew Magna
Bristol
BS40 8SP
Opening Hours
9.30am - 5pm
Monday - Saturday