PRIDE
We take great pride in sourcing the finest ingredients. Cedar and bay leaves are grown in the Manor gardens, for the remainder of the non-native botanicals we have partnered with Joseph Flach, global botanical merchants since 1882.
COVID19
Communities Matter - Help Us Help You Beat It
We are now raising money in order to make much needed hand sanitiser for our communities. BACKGROUNDTimes have changed, and we all need to step up and help as we now all face a common yet unprecedented enemy in the...
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Hand Sanitiser - Locations and Times
The following locations have free hand sanitiser points and we are finding other locations. Please respect the wonderful ladies who are helping with this effort as we face this pandemic. When queuing be aware of the social distancing and please...
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Home Alcohol and Hand Sanitiser
I received a couple of enquiries about using ‘Whisky’ as an option for hand sanitiser, I would normally have said ‘no’. However, some research has just come to light over the last couple of days from a study that has...
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"Quality is pride of workmanship."
Edwards Deming
Passion, inspiration, pride and perfection goes into everything we make at Downton Distillery; that's the sign of our workmanship.
INSPIRATION
Explorer’s Gin is inspired by our heritage. Our logo the ‘Rose of the Winds’ compass with its cardinal points was used in 'golden era of discovery' for navigation. The bottle design celebrates the voyage of discovery to the 'New World.'
WORKMANSHIP
What makes Downton different? We are authentic, attentive, proud and care deeply about the quality of our work. Each of our batches is hand weighed, measured, filled, labelled, sealed and numbered. Sustainability is also important to our core values.
EXPLORER'S GIN
Wanting to add a little adventure to your G&T experience? Explorer's Gin will take you on a journey.
REVIEW OF EXPLORER'S GIN
"It’s not just a gin, it’s the idea of place, people and attitude all captured in a bottle."
GIN SOUR
45ml Explorer's Gin
30ml Pink Grapefruit Juice
15ml Sugar Syrup (or teaspoon)
1 Egg White
4 drops Angostura Bitters
HAND SANITISER
157ml Spirits 60% + ABV
78ml Aloe Vera Gel
Place in bottle & shake
OUR ADVENTURES
London Moonwalk 2020 for Breast Cancer
This is a story about cancer and how it has impacted those I love dearly. Research will inform you that the most common type is breast cancer, with those over 50 being most at risk. Whilst those statistics may be...
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Explorers meet Explorer's at Generation Tusk
Downton Distillery were proud to help sponsor the Generation Tusk drinks at Maddox Gallery in their Nottinghill Gallery as money was raised for Tusk. Generation Tusk is a group of committed next generation supporters with a real drive to promote...
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Channel 4 Sunday Brunch
Last Sunday Olivier Ward of Gin Foundry presented ‘Explorer's Gin’ on Channel 4 Sunday Brunch. He spoke about Downton, Loch Ness and Batch Brew distilleries and what makes each distillery unique. Cocktails were also served alongside each gin show casing...
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Spring Review of Gin Market
This was published on Gin Foundry With the promise of Spring budding on every tree branch (not that we can get to with all the self isolation) and the interminable greyness of January and February behind us, we thought we’d...
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Have a wedding to plan we can help!
Winter is nearly over with Spring beginning to creep around the corner. Daffodils and Snowdrops are burgeoning finally providing colour to what has been a very damp and grey landscape. With this change comes another flurry with the wedding season...
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Golden Chinese New Year
The annual Chinese New Year celebration starts on 25 Jan 2020 when the Year of the Rat begins, the animal is seen as a sign of wealth and surplus in Chinese culture. Explorer’s Gin is welcoming in this new celebration with...
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