British Travel Journal | Autumn/Winter 2022

Good to know: In 2022, Silver
Circle Distillery branded one of
its vodkas Vodka For Ukraine and
donates all profits from the sale of
these bottles to the DEC Ukraine
Humanitarian Appeal
Silver Circle Distillery
Founded by Nina and Joe Howden in June 2019, the
most easterly distillery in Wales has a craft spirit
range, which includes the award-winning Silver Circle
Aquavit, Wye Valley Gin, and Black Garlic Vodka, and
its Botanical Vodka No.1 in the Monmouthshire village
of Catbrook. The distillery has recently opened a
new tasting room and shop in the heart of Chepstow,
providing the perfect place to savour the fine range of
Silver Circle’s spirits.
The shop offers Make Your Own Gin Experiences
for up to eight people once a week (Saturdays), as
well as tutored tasting sessions for up to 12 people.
Alternatively, guests can enjoy the shop’s gin taster
board (featuring Wye Valley Gin, Gunga Gin, and
Silver Circle’s Catbrook Honey Gin), a cocktail taster
board (featuring three of Silver Circle’s small batch,
ready-to-drink cocktails) and the Aquavit Taster Board
(featuring a taster of Silver Circle Aquavit along with
two miniature aquavit cocktails).
The ethically minded brand sells 50cl refill cans for its
Wye Valley Gin, while walk-in customers at the Silver
Circle Tasting Room in Chepstow can bring back their
empty Wye Valley Gin bottle for a refill. Hospitality
customers can buy the gin at trade prices in reusable
5L ‘jerrycans’ to refill their original bottle for use on
the bar – saving on seven glass bottles entering the
recycling stream.
silvercircledistillery.com
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