Atlantic Distillery: The Only Organic Cornish Gin

We joined Stuart in his organic produce small holding where he sources the vast majority of botanicals and herbs Atlantic Distillery use in their gin and Atlantic Brewery use in their beer.

What started as a hobby with a home brew kit in 2005 transformed into, what many people dream about, a full time livelihood and income from brewing his own beer. Stuart named his beer brand 'Atlantic Brewery' and he is Cornwall’s only Soil Association-certified organic spirit producer.

"Our beer is made with organic barley and hops. Back in 2005 brewing the beer with organic hops was very restricted so we had to source interesting ingredients from my small holding. We started using elderflowers, blackcurrants and things we could use from our garden that can also be brewed in beer. Which in turn made it easier for us in terms of experience when it came to distilling these ingredients in our gin."

One of the original beers they created that was for ‘Naked Outlaw’ it was an elderflower and lemon lager which compliments certain meals like fish. "We love creating a beverage that compliments a meal.” Says Stuart.

In 2017 Stuart extended his range of beverages into a distillery for organic vodka, vermouth, popular liquors and most famously, gin. He called this side of his company 'Atlantic Distillery'. 

 We had lots of botanicals in our organic certified garden because that is just a hobby of ours. Inspiration for flavours of gin comes from their keen interest in cooking, Stuart and Dave (The Head Distiller ) love to cook and Stuart's wife has always enjoyed growing flowers and vegetables in the garden. Atlantic Distillery are passionate gardeners, they pride themselves on their organic certified soil to produce the best unique, natural infused gins there is.

"We grow most of our ingredients for our gins in our certified organic small holding, we started experimenting with different infusions for the gin and before we knew it we had 2 different infused gins within two years."

Atlantic Distillery now have many gins, which they separate into 3 groups,

1. Classic Gins - Bowchaser, Gorsedh (Cornish word for 'gorse'), Jynevra (Cornish word for 'gin')

2. Garden Gins - Orange & Lavender, Wildflower, Rhubarb & Vanilla, Gooseberry & Elderflower, Blackcurrant & Mint

3. Speciality Infused Gins - Ring of Fire, Smoked Green Tea, Pudding, Earl Grey

Liqueurs:

1. Limoncello

2. Arancello 

3. Cornish Chassis 

Vermouth:

1. Rose Vermouth

2. White Vermouth

Award Winning Vodka's:

1. Wolf in the Woods 

2. Dowr