Great West Way Travel Magazine | Issue 07

Previous page left to right: West Berkshire Brewery;
Wadworth Brewery Left to right: Lavestoke Mill Bombay
Sapphire; Abbey Hotel, Bath Art Bar Cocktails
through their exhibition before reaching the sample bar where
there are traditional pub games and five cask ales on draught.
West Berkshire Brewery is an independent brewery
nestled in the heart of Berkshire with over 23 years of brewing
experience. With a new state of the art brewery and packaging
line they are the proud producers of many traditional cask ales
and innovative craft beers.
The Flying Monk Brewery is a forward-thinking brewery
based at Hullavington, near Malmesbury, is focused on
producing great beer for the local area - as well as offering a
unique Cafe & Tap in a 200 year-old Cotswold stone barn, with
a breakfast and lunch menu.
Bristol is also one of the UK’s leading craft beer destinations
and is brimming with brilliant breweries. Head to a local
brewery to sample the delights of real, local English beers
and learn about the history of this ubiquitous English drink.
Distilleries
Bombay Sapphire Distillery is based at Laverstoke Mill in
rural Hampshire, just 15 miles from Winchester and 60
miles from London, the Bombay Sapphire Distillery is in a
conservation area with over 1000 years of history.
For over 225 years, the Victorian and Georgian buildings
set astride the crystal-clear River Test produced bank note
paper for the Bank of England and the British Empire. Now,
Laverstoke Mill is a state-of-the-art sustainable distillery,
which produces every drop of Bombay Sapphire gin enjoyed
from around the globe.
The distillery showcases the care, skill and artistry behind
Bombay Sapphire, and allows you to discover the flavours of
the botanicals which make Bombay Sapphire gin so unique.
Start your experience with a trip to the Turbine Bar to choose
a Bombay gin to make a gin and tonic before heading to the
cinema room to be immersed in all things Bombay Sapphire
in preparation for a tour of Laverstoke Mill.
Learn about the ten botanicals which make Bombay
Sapphire so exquisite in the iconic glasshouses designed by
Thomas Heatherwick, chart hundreds of years of Laverstoke
Mill’s illustrious history, married with the fascinating heritage
of gin and Bombay Sapphire and uncover the secrets of
Bombay Sapphire’s unique vapour-infusion distillation process.
Enjoy classic rum cocktails and learn of their colourful
histories at the Bristol Rum Distillery. Learn about new ways
to understand rum, and approach the spirit through fresh
informed eyes while also being entertained with rum’s rags
to riches story. Before you go, choose your own rum from
over 40 types made at the school, then spice and re-distil
your own 70cl bottle, including naming your rum with a
personalised label and waxing the top.
Learn more about Bath gin at The Bath Distillery located
on Queen Street in the heart of Bath’s city centre (just
moments from Bath Abbey, Bath Thermae Spa and the →
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