The City of Manchester Distillery
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The City of Manchester Distillery

The City of Manchester Distillery
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The City of Manchester Distillery is the 1st ever fully licensed distillery in the city’s history! Home to multi award winning Three Rivers Gin, The UK’s original ‘Gin Experience’ as well as the newly launched Gin School, Rum and Vodka Experiences, we are an essential stop on any tour of Manchester, whether local or visiting from further afield. Visitors to any of the distillery’s experiences can expect to learn all about the exciting, intriguing, often dark and dangerous, weird and wonderful histories of a range of the world’s favourite spirits. Tour the distillery and see how we make our award-winning liquids, before finally having the chance to work with our distillers to create your own bottle or barrel of booze to take home. All this whilst sampling a range of drinks which include classic and bespoke cocktails. With over 50 botanical flavours to choose from, why not visit us and make your own perfect (potentially award winning!) gin, vodka or rum.
Duration: 2-3 hours
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Wilks69
Chesterfield, UK90 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Aug 2020
We had an absolute awesome night at The Manchester Three Rivers Distillery. The experience was fantastic from the story of the Three Rivers Gin to making our own Gin to take home with us . Sherel was a great host giving us an insight to how the Three Rivers Gin was created and the story of how Gin was originally created . Adam was a great bar man supplying us with different gin cocktails and the gin and tonics . This is a definite on anyone’s to do list as we certainly couldn’t have had a better evening with two great people . Well done there isn’t anything you could have done better. See you again Ant and Jo xxx
Written August 4, 2020
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Tim T
Gatley, UK25 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Feb 2020
I am now re-ordering the two bespoke gins my wife and I made during our 'Gin Experience' in February! We obviously hit on the right botanicals and now we are completely hooked - in the best possible way!
The reordering is simple and the new bottles are as good as the first ones we made. Sherel is very quick to get back to us and confirm everything is in place and the gin is distilled specially and speedily (and safely) despatched. Can't fault the distillery - or Sherel.
Written July 20, 2020
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April
4 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Mar 2019 • Friends
A best friend organised a trip to this distillery and it was a trip I’ll never forget! I love botanical craft gins and this trip gave me the opportunity to make my own 70cl bottle of gin using my favourite botanicals.
We had a friendly welcome and offered a gin and tonic (Three Rivers) as soon as we arrived. The visit started with an informative film about the history of gin and its association with Manchester followed by a tour of the distillery. We were then told we were off to ‘gin school’ and went into a separate building; I’ll never forget the words “come on in ladies, your still is ready and a gin and tonic is waiting for you next to it!” We were shown how to set up the still and add the basic gin ingredients of juniper, coriander etc. We then were given the opportunity to add our own extra botanicals from an array of bottles on the shelves. Everyone had their own still and used an app on an iPad to help give advice and quantities of each botanical. I had brought some of my own home-grown coriander seeds and a sprig of rosemary from my garden which they very kindly allowed me to use, this made my bottle of gin quite personal to me. Whilst distillation was in progress more G&Ts were offered and the whole room had a great buzz and feel to it!! By the end of the afternoon we all left with our own unique bottle of gin.
This is one of the best trip experiences I’ve ever had and if you enjoy gin or considering this as a present for someone else who does then it’s an absolute perfect, brilliant present. Best done with a best friend, family or a group.
Written February 26, 2020
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Richard S
Lytham, UK4 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jun 2020
I did the online World Gin Event hosted by Sherel. Amazing Gin Cocktails mixes, garnishes and of course the excellent Three Rivers Gin all arrived a few days before the event so I was ready to go. The actual event was a virtual tour due to current social distance restrictions, and I have to say it was very well put together. The host, Sherel, was very knowledgable about all things Gin and Three Rivers and very charming to listen too. The drinks were flowing and laughs were had, I believe this was the first one they have done online and I hope they do more in the near future. I would highly recommend the online events for anyone looking for something different and fun to do.
Can’t until I can go to an actual tour and make my own bottle of gin at the distillery now!
Written June 14, 2020
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aliciaclare
Eastbourne, UK85 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Sep 2020 • Friends
We had booked to go to the Gin Experience for a Birthday treat for my Mum and Dad but had to put it off due to COVID. The communication throughout was excellent and we finally were able to rebook and attend. We had such a fabulous time - thank you to Sherel & Craig for making the experience such fun. The safety measures were excellent and rigourous and we felt very safe throughout. The history of gin and of the City or Manchester distillery was super interesting and we were joyfully supplied with gin drinks throughout! Then making our own bottles of gin was great too!
We would fully fully recommend this experience!! Thanks again.
Written September 27, 2020
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Andy P
Grimsby, UK2 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jul 2020
This gin experience is one not to be missed. We had originally booked for a Sunday afternoon experience, but due to the train been cancelled we was unable to get to the venue in time. I emailed Three Rivers and Sherel was fantastic in working with us to re-arrange our tour date. We attended the Thursday evening experience which was run by Sherel and Craig who's knowledge of gin and friendliness was superb. On arrival you are given a Three Rivers Gin and Tonic and the drinks continued to flow the whole evening, from G&T's to cocktails. We watched a film on the history of Gin and was shown the copper distill named Angel. all the time Sherel was giving her wealth of knowledge and answering any questions we had whilst Craig kept the drinks coming. The best part was when we made our own Gin, Sherel explained how the keypad worked and how to weigh your chosen ingredients. you then go through the process of distilling and bottling your own Gin. We can't thank Sherel and Craig enough for making our Gin experience a truly enjoyable experience. We enjoyed the Gin experience so much that we are now arranging for our family and friends to come with us to attend the Gin School later in the year.
Written July 26, 2020
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Nicola F
Bury, UK7 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Apr 2019 • Friends
Nearly a year on and we still talk about what an enjoyable and memorable evening we had at our gin experience here.

Our host was knowledgeable and interesting, the setting unusual and exciting, and the drinks were absolutely first class.

Particular highlights for me were the explanation of how the history of gin, Manchester and this company all tie together, inspiring within me a sense of pride in being a Mancunian. Also, the second half of the experience when we moved next door to the Gin School to concoct our own gin: this room was a mix of my old chemistry lab at school and a scene out of a potion class at Hogwarts, a great example of old meets new, very tastefully done.

Written March 19, 2020
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Partypeople80
Leeds, UK21 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Aug 2020 • Couples
What a perfect birthday treat this was! The hosts were excellent keeping us supplied with drinks, prepared by Craig, and keeping the information interesting and informative, delivered by Sheryl. The making of the gin was straightforward and with a little help we were able to leave with our own gin creations! The experience has adapted efficiently to Covid regulations and we felt at ease with their measures. There is an opportunity to buy 3 rivers gin at the end, without any pressure. We would thoroughly recommend, ideal for a special treat. Thank you
Written August 23, 2020
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Sammy_Enw
Seongnam, South Korea3 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Aug 2020
What great night this gin experience was. Interesting facts about gin and the city of Manchester, the making your own gin was excellant and has led to the purchase of our own still for exploring the different flavours you can easily create. The hosts were briliant, keeping supplied with gin drinks through out the evening. Just remember not to drive there as you will not enjoy it as much :-)
Written August 14, 2020
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bentleybobs
manchester71 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Aug 2020 • Friends
Attended yesterday afternoon for the gin experience with my sister and we had a fab time.
Such informative and friendly staff talk you through the history of gin, with lots of samples, including summer serves, cocktails and neat shots.
Followed by a master glass making our own gin, with over 50 botanicals to choose from.
Great fun.
All done very professionally, friendly and safely following Covid-safe procedures: social distancing, hand sanitizer and masks and gloves provided if wanted.
Had a great day and would definitely recommend.
Written August 10, 2020
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