Meet The Maker Experience
This special gin tasting experience is with Kate, our co-founder. It was in 2016 when Kate called her best friend Helen to say: “We’re going to start a distillery – from now on we’re going to make gin!” The rest of the story you can find out whilst enjoying all of fabulous gins whilst in Kate's company.
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About our Meet The Maker Experience
Taste each one of our vibrant and characterful gins while discovering more about the botanicals we carefully source from around the globe. Kate will share with you her story, product development, how the business has grown from strength to strength and talk about some of the exciting collaborations we have with other local businesses.
Sip your favourite G&T combination during a tour of the working side of our distillery where Kate will talk you through the processes she created for our luxury hand-crafted spirits.
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Bar snacks and canapes are included.
The event itself will last approx 2.5 hours, the bar will remain open if you fancy having another drink or two.​
Gins in our Gin Tasting Experience
Served with tonic, lemonade or ginger beer, 25ml. All of our gins are 48% vol..
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Blushing Monkey Pink Gin
A juniper-led but gorgeously floral colour-changing gin with a delightful sweet, but not too sweet fruity twist
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Dancing Dragontail Summer Gin
A wonderfully refreshing floral gin with a kick of aromatic green cardamom and uplifting citrus notes from pink grapefruit.
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Insane Ostrich Gin
Our take on a classic dry gin, made with lemon and lime zest, coriander seeds, angelica and orris roots. It has a classic gin taste with the vibrant and rich character of a Gin Kitchen Gin.
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Gutsy Monkey Winter Gin
Full-bodied rich and smooth with subtle citrus and complex aromatic highlights.​​
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The Ginger Cat Gin
Silky smooth, delicately spiced, vibrant and opulent. This gin created by Reeba, our Head Distiller is made with tonka beans, Iranian orange flower and orange zest.
Upgrade your Meet The Maker Experience with Food
After your meet the maker experience, there is the opportunity to stay and join us in the cocktail bar for drinks and street food or bar snacks when ordering online, choose the tickbox on the booking form to add food to your experience or mention on the phone if booking via telephone.
Location of our Meet The Maker Experience in Surrey
We are based in the Surrey Hills in the beautiful countryside on a farm setting. The nearest town is Dorking and the train station is only 2 miles away with a 5 minute taxi journey.
The Gin Kitchen
Goldenlands Farm
Punchbowl Lane
Dorking
Surrey
RH5 4DX
United Kingdom
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Parking is available.
Days & Times
Our Meet The Maker experiences are on various Saturdays throughout the year. Current dates available are being planned for 2023:
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Reviews of our Gin Tasting Experience in the Surrey Hills
Read a few of our marvelous guest reviews about our gin tasting experience in Surrey below. You can see more guest reviews on our Google Reviews listing and you can even add your own review.
"What a great experience tour with such interesting stories about the history of gin and the owners! The gin tasting experience was very interesting and the gins were just amazing. A lovely evening"
Nicholas
"What an amazing gem to spend Saturday afternoon. Booked Gin Tasting which was fun, Angie is absolutely amazing. They accommodated even our last minute request to have some tapas which was absolutely delicious. Ended up spending over 5 hours drinking gin and eating. Amanda was as amazing with drinks and dealing with us being slightly on tipsy side, well not our fault they gave us gin to drink! Loved it and will 100% return very soon."
Ales
"Despite the windy conditions, had a very interesting 'tasting experience' and learnt a lot about Gin and the 'Gin Kitchen' story. Also had some Tapas after the tasting which tasted great and the staff were very friendly and helpful too."
Marion
Other Gin Experiences at our Distillery
Apart from our Meet The Maker experience, we also offer at our distillery in the Surrey Hills:
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Please check out gin experiences calendar for dates and times of current experiences.
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You can also buy a Golden Ticket - Gin Experience Gift Voucher as a present for yourself or someone else.
Find out more about all our gin experiences by clicking on the link below.
Cost & Reservations for our Meet The Maker Experience
Our Meet The Maker experience costs £50 per person with a minimum of 2 guests and maximum of 20. Tickets need to be purchased in advance.
Please call us on 01306889598 or email fabulous@gin.kitchen to make an enquiry.
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We look forward to welcoming to our Meet The Maker experience in the Surrey HIlls.