Dinnewell's
Dinnewell's Orange & Ginger Old Tom Gin 40% 70cl
- Details
Founded by husband-and-wife team Chris and Sarah Dinnewell in mid-2021, Dinnewell's Gin is currently produced in a tiny 25 litre still in the kitchen of their family home in Birkenshaw, a small town between Leeds and Bradford.
Chris previously worked in brewing, whereas Sarah had spent several years working in the hospitality industry. This knowledge of drinks and drink production led them to take a step into producing a truly small-batch range of gins of great flavour while also being as sustainable as possible. The bottles are made at Allied Glass in Leeds, colour coated in Riccall (only 10 miles away from this very shop) and then filled back in Leeds. The beautiful corks are hand engraved by an artist five miles up the road from the Dinnewells home, and even the bottle seal is made from recycled wood pulp.
That's all well and good, but what REALLY matters in the liquid inside the frankly gorgeous bottles - which reference Yorkshire, the Dinnewell family (including their two children) and even their own wedding.
Old Tom gins date back to Victorian times where gins were slightly sweetened with a sugar solution to make them more palatable, which was necessary considering some of the decidedly dodgy production methods that would go on at the time. In this case, the spirit is sweetened with a homemade orange and ginger syrup, accenutating the fruity notes produced by distilling with dried orange and vanilla.
The orange notes are beautifully fresh, and the ginger is nicely in the background - sometimes ginger can be overpowering but absolutely not in this case. It's not TOO sweet either, providing great balance instead. A soft tonic will work, as will ginger ale - as you might expect! But it's also quite interesting in the form of a Gin Old Fashioned, with a touch of maple syrup and some orange bitters...
- Delivery & Returns
DELIVERY CHARGES:
Shipping rates are based on WEIGHT of goods - the total weight of your order will determine the cost of the shipping charge due to price banding imposed by Royal Mail. Orders weighing up to a max of 2kg will be charged £5.99, and orders weighing over 2kg will be charged £7.99. ANY PURCHASE OVER £150 WILL RECEIVE FREE SHIPPING.
PLEASE NOTE: The Spirit Specialist is CLOSED on Sundays and Mondays - all orders are collected by Royal Mail the day after they are packaged up. As such, if you place an order on a Saturday, Sunday or Monday, your order will be packaged up on the following Tuesday at re-opening, and then collected by Royal Mail on the Wednesday morning. PLEASE BEAR THIS IN MIND IF YOU ARE WORKING TO A DEADLINE!
DUE TO ONGOING ISSUES WITH BREXIT AND COURIERS UNFORTUNATELY WE ARE CURRENTLY UNABLE TO SHIP OUTSIDE OF THE UK
All orders are sent on a Tracked service with Royal Mail, which provides a Tracking Number for you to follow its journey to your destination.
Items are NOT insured as standard, please contact us if you would like to discuss additional insurance for premium products.
All products are securely packaged in Air-Shock bottle bags or frankly excessive amounts of bubble wrap for additional protection.
All goods must be examined at the time of delivery and any damages or shortage must be recorded on the relevant delivery acceptance forms with the delivery. Un-examined or un-checked goods that result in a subsequent claim outside of a 48 hour period will not be accepted. Queries relating to claims must be made within 48 hours of receiving the goods, otherwise claims cannot be guaranteed.
