Does anyone make or ever tried making their own? I’m thinking about giving it a go so any pointers welcome.

Contact HMRC for a distilling licence first.
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reflux still with a small gin head and a recirculating coolant supply provided by a massive waterbut and a small immersible pump. play with the herbs/berries in the gin head according to taste… apparently.

Have you got enough space? Here’s the still where ‘The Botanist’ is made,

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By these folks,

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Good luck & let us know how it turns out!

Plymouth Gin do a distillery tour with an option to make your own. We made a couple of small bottles. It was actually pretty nice to drink. They explained the basic process and what each botanical did. It should be pretty simple to make your own with some fairly simple equipment.

Here’s the kit we used:

Inside The Plymouth Gin Distillery