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How to Get A License Distil Gin From Your Home

May 30, 2019 | Gin, How-To

This is a quick post telling you how I managed to get a license to distil my own gin from my house. It’s actually easier than you think: In order to get a license to distil gin from your home you need to: Fill out form L5 and apply for a rectifier’s...

Starting A Gin Brand Episode 5: We Have Finally Launched Pipehouse Gin!

Jun 30, 2018 | Gin

This is the fifth and final instalment of my quest to start a gin brand on a shoe-string budget. And it is also the most exciting as after 9 months of work we have finally launched! You can buy your very own bottle of Pipehouse Earl Grey & Cucmber Gin on...

Starting A Gin Brand Episode 4: Labels, Packaging & Marketing

May 4, 2018 | Gin

This is the fourth instalment in my quest to start a gin brand on a shoe-string budget. If you’re just joining us now you can find all the other posts on my Pipehouse Gin project page. First off, I am really sorry this update has taken so long! It has been three...

Starting A Gin Brand Episode 3: Delays & Legal Schmeagols

Feb 3, 2018 | Gin

This is the third instalment in my quest to start a gin brand on a shoe-string budget. If you’re just joining us now you should probably read the first two posts: Episode 1: Doing The Research and Episode 2: Creating The Recipe & Branding. It has been almost...

Starting a Gin Brand Episode 2: Creating The Recipe & Branding

Nov 13, 2017 | Business, Gin

This is the second instalment of our adventure trying to create our own brand of gin. In this post we cover weeks three to five. Episode 1: Doing The Research – Our first two weeks EDIT: There are now five instalments in this series. Find them all here. And...