British Travel Journal | Autumn/Winter 2022

Colwith Farm Distillery
Cornwall’s only single estate distillery is founded on
five generations of farming and produces awardwinning
vodka and gin. Unlike distilleries that buy in
mass-produced ethanol, Colwith makes everything
from scratch, using potatoes grown on their family
farm to create their Aval Dor (Cornish for potato)
spirits sustainably. Colwith Farm Distillery’s Aval Dor
Original Vodka is the first British vodka ever to win a
Platinum Medal at The San Francisco World Spirits
Competition (SFWSC). Its range of gins use a variety
of botanicals, including fresh lemon balm, rosemary
and bay leaves picked from the family’s grandmother's
garden. This summer, Colwith has launched the UK’s
first plough-to-bottle vodka school, where guests can
make their own bespoke vodka from Cornish potatoes.
Guests are invited to craft, blend and fill their own 70cl
flavoured Cornish vodka to take home using a blend of
botanicals bespoke to their taste. Alongside its vodka
school, Colwith also offers gin experiences, tutored
tastings and distillery tours.
colwithfarmdistillery.co.uk
Hattiers Rum
Hattiers sources aged rums from around the world,
blending them in Devon as part of a family business.
The UK's first B Corp certified rum – an award for
high social and environmental performance – Hattiers
has been plastic-free from day one and has a carbon
negative workforce. The brand produces Eminence
Blended Aged White Rum, Egremont Premium
Reserve Rum and its Resolute Navy Strength Rum, and
in 2022 founder Philip Everett-Lyons began offering
guided distillery tours of the South Devon-based
facility. Guests can explore Hattiers blending room,
learn about the impact of oak and cask aging and
discover how they blend their three premium rums.
Eminence is a light–medium bodied, dry blended aged
white rum. Egremont is a blend of four cask-aged rums
hand-picked from across the Caribbean and Central
America and gently paired with pure soft spring water
from the hills of Dartmoor. And finally, Resolute is a
blended aged Navy Strength rum, made using rums
from Barbados, Australia, Guyana and Jamaica.
hattiers.com
Heart of Suffolk Distillery
Launched by husband-and-wife team Martyn and
Karen Luke in 2018, the Heart of Suffolk Distillery is
based in Finbows Yard, Bacton.
The family business distils small batches of a London
Dry style gin with nine carefully chosen hand crushed
botanicals to create a modern and refreshing taste.
Their signature tipple is named to honour Betty,
Karen’s mother, who shared the same love and
enjoyment of a good quality gin. Each batch of
around 70 bottles is hand signed and numbered by
master distiller Martyn.
The Heart of Suffolk Distillery is open to the public
and offers a relaxed experience for those wanting
to enjoy a sample and purchase a bottle of the
handcrafted gin.
heartofsuffolkdistillery.co.uk
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