Afternoon Distillery Tour in Newport
4.5
Afternoon Distillery Tour in Newport
By Spirit of Wales Distillery
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Ages 18-100, max of 15 per group
Duration: 1h
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Live guide: English
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- Entry/Admission - Newport
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- The Spirit of Wales Distillery, Greenwich Road 16a, Maesglas Industrial Estate, Newport NP20 2NN, UKFind us at 16a Maesglas Industrial Estate, Newport NP20 2NN. Look for the sign with dragon.
End:This activity ends back at the meeting point. - Wheelchair accessible
- Near public transportation
- Infants must sit on laps
- Transportation is wheelchair accessible
- Surfaces are wheelchair accessible
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- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
- Most travelers can participate
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 15 travelers
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- Greenwich Road 16a, Maesglas Industrial Estate, Newport NP20 2NN, UKFind us at 16a Maesglas Industrial Estate, Newport NP20 2NN. Look for the sign with dragon.
- 1We welcome you to visit our distillery in Newport in the south of Wales. Discover the Spirit of Wales and celebrate all things Welsh with us as we take you on a tour of our distillery and then delight you with our premium distilled Welsh Spirit tastings. We have chosen Fever-Tree Mixers as our tonics partner, so the tasting includes a selection from them and our limited release Welsh Dry Gin or Blueberry Gin or White pineapple rum. We also offer our new signature range of Steeltown contemporary spirits, including Steeltown Welsh Vodka and Steeltown Welsh Dry Gin. If spiced rum is your thing, then you're going to love our Dragon's Breath speciality spiced rum. Learn a little about the history of Newport. Taste our Spirits and experience our drinks in the bar afterwards. The Spirit of Wales. A great destination to discover our Welsh spirits that embody a rich cultural heritage with our premium distilled Welsh spirits and Fever-Tree pairings.
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- loulouchick770 contributionsExcellent learning experience with great products to taste. Along with a fun music bingo game - highly recommended.A lovely Saturday evening spent learning and tasting the great products with music bingo. Big thanks to Alan and Kelly!Written February 18, 2023
- 862edwardp0 contributionsFantastic - way better than we were expectingAs a rum fan, my daughters bought this as a gift. Distillery tour and make your own rum. My wife and I really weren't sure what to expect, but had a cracklng afternoon. Outside it's just an industrial unit, but a nice cosy bar inside Offered a drink straight away, all with fevertree mixers. When other arrived small tour with a LOT of tasters. Even my coffee, cocoa and cinnamon rum tastes good! Hostess was great throughout. Highly reccommend, but whatever you do, don't drive! 🙂Written June 12, 2022
- NikitaClair980 contributionsGreat service! Group of 8 - tour and make your own experienceGroup of 4 couples/ 8 people in total. Highly enjoyable experience with great service. We did the tasting tour which included tasters of the distillerys rum, vodka and gin. Highly recommend the smoked gin, which goes extremely well with pepsi max! We found a deal via groupon/wowcher which included the tour, make your own gin or rum experience, and 4 drinks, 5 including the final drink being the one you created. We left with a 50cl bottle of our own rum each and the smoked gin. Overall the experience took approximately 2 hours 45 minutes. Would definetly return in future.Written April 21, 2022
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TheWelshEddies
Cardiff, UK55 contributions
Nov 2021
We had a couple of friends stay with us so thought it would be nice to show them a bit of Welsh culture and take them on the 1 hour tour of this up and coming small local distillery. Steve welcomed us on arrival with a complimentary drink and we had a choice of their award winning Steelhouse gin/vodka or Dragons Breath rum coupled with a Fevertree mixer.
Steve was a great ambassador for the Spirit of Wales distillery and kept us entertained as he showed us around and explained how the brand was born. He described how all the machinery worked and how the drinks were distilled which was really interesting.
During the tour we were also given various samples of their drinks to try which put hairs on your chest! We stayed on at the end to try out a few expertly made cocktails in the Welsh Miner Speakeasy inspired bar. All in all it was an entertaining and enjoyable visit and it is inspiring to see such a young and passionate local company doing so well and putting Newport on the map!
Steve was a great ambassador for the Spirit of Wales distillery and kept us entertained as he showed us around and explained how the brand was born. He described how all the machinery worked and how the drinks were distilled which was really interesting.
During the tour we were also given various samples of their drinks to try which put hairs on your chest! We stayed on at the end to try out a few expertly made cocktails in the Welsh Miner Speakeasy inspired bar. All in all it was an entertaining and enjoyable visit and it is inspiring to see such a young and passionate local company doing so well and putting Newport on the map!
Written November 7, 2021
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Karl R
Newport, UK207 contributions
Jul 2023
Bought for us by friends as a birthday gift we had not heard of the distillery before. Having done many big brand tours previously (Guinness, Remy, Heineken, Jamesons and even local Brecon's Penderyn...) this is a very small scale on comparison but does it's best with some great sampling and passionate chat.
Less of a tour and more of a warehouse single room lecture, you get educated on the process of making a range of spirits whilst encouraging questions all of which were answered well, showing the knowledge and unscripted passion for what this business does.
Several generous samples to taste and with a drink before and after, definitely book a taxi!
Small scale but something for Newport to get behind and be proud of.
We will recommend it
Less of a tour and more of a warehouse single room lecture, you get educated on the process of making a range of spirits whilst encouraging questions all of which were answered well, showing the knowledge and unscripted passion for what this business does.
Several generous samples to taste and with a drink before and after, definitely book a taxi!
Small scale but something for Newport to get behind and be proud of.
We will recommend it
Written August 28, 2023
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Shelley T
South Harting, UK11 contributions
Oct 2024 • Couples
My partner and I visited Spirit of Wales Distillery for a Make Your Own tour today, and it was fantastic!
We had a drink on arrival and then started the gin-making process with expert guidance.
As our still did its' work, we toured the rest of the unit and sampled some of the fabulous tipples made there. We got to take home our unique gin, along with an additional purchase of the Dark Cherry Rum Liquor, which is absolutely delicious.
Learned loads, drank a bit, had a fantastic time. THANKS SO MUCH, Spirit of Wales!
We had a drink on arrival and then started the gin-making process with expert guidance.
As our still did its' work, we toured the rest of the unit and sampled some of the fabulous tipples made there. We got to take home our unique gin, along with an additional purchase of the Dark Cherry Rum Liquor, which is absolutely delicious.
Learned loads, drank a bit, had a fantastic time. THANKS SO MUCH, Spirit of Wales!
Written October 26, 2024
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Bev S
15 contributions
Aug 2023 • Family
We arrived Friday 25th August straight away there were 2 girls operating the tour.
Not very friendly and was more interested than talking between themselves.
In the actual distillery the tasting was really rushed and the one girl was reading a script off her phone about the distilling process, not really knowing what she was talking about.
I thought that we would be making our own cocktail but was programmed into making two that was standard and not our choice.
I have been to many cocktail and whisky experience and bar far this was the worse one that I have been to
The two girls showed no passion for their job.
All I can say is the price of the tour covered our couple of cocktails.
I think a review into mixologist is needed and a greater knowledge of the product that they are selling
Not very interesting evening
Not very friendly and was more interested than talking between themselves.
In the actual distillery the tasting was really rushed and the one girl was reading a script off her phone about the distilling process, not really knowing what she was talking about.
I thought that we would be making our own cocktail but was programmed into making two that was standard and not our choice.
I have been to many cocktail and whisky experience and bar far this was the worse one that I have been to
The two girls showed no passion for their job.
All I can say is the price of the tour covered our couple of cocktails.
I think a review into mixologist is needed and a greater knowledge of the product that they are selling
Not very interesting evening
Written August 26, 2023
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matthow
Newport, UK445 contributions
Jun 2023
Came by as I had heard there was a distillery in this part of Newport and I am a big fan of vodka, also had family visiting so it was a good afternoon out.
This was a great tour, the tasting room is lovely and Ben who was our guide was excellent. I asked a lot of annoying questions but he was very patient and knowledgeable and I found it very useful to be able to ask questions to a professional bartender.
The tour is very easy to understand and very informative and its a great looking distillery too. We went through how they produce Gin and vodka and their other spirits and there was an opportunity to buy from the distillery afterwards, I bought a bottle of the smoked vodka and an absinthe which are both excellent. Well worth going.
This was a great tour, the tasting room is lovely and Ben who was our guide was excellent. I asked a lot of annoying questions but he was very patient and knowledgeable and I found it very useful to be able to ask questions to a professional bartender.
The tour is very easy to understand and very informative and its a great looking distillery too. We went through how they produce Gin and vodka and their other spirits and there was an opportunity to buy from the distillery afterwards, I bought a bottle of the smoked vodka and an absinthe which are both excellent. Well worth going.
Written June 21, 2023
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Frenchtravels007
Cardiff, UK36 contributions
It was a great experience learning the science around producing award winning spirits.
Alan, our tour guide, has a wealth of knowledge concerning his trade and explains every step of the process.
We had a lot of fun creating our own flavoured rum and getting to bring it home.
Ben, our mixologist, was excellent in suggesting mixers to suit individual palettes and knows everything there is to know about mixing drinks.
I would highly recommend this experience but don't drive there!
Alan, our tour guide, has a wealth of knowledge concerning his trade and explains every step of the process.
We had a lot of fun creating our own flavoured rum and getting to bring it home.
Ben, our mixologist, was excellent in suggesting mixers to suit individual palettes and knows everything there is to know about mixing drinks.
I would highly recommend this experience but don't drive there!
Written June 17, 2023
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Dean W
15 contributions
Very enjoyable experience to see how the various spirits are made followed by a tasting. Ben, our guide, was very entertaining and you could feel his passion for the product. Enjoyable afternoon.
Written June 7, 2023
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Tony J
Newport, UK45 contributions
What a great night! I got to taste a load of different spirits & coctails & learned a little about how to make them & what flavour combinations make for a good cocktail. Ben is such a knowledgeable mixologist that i could listen to him talk for hours. Great distillery tour from Alan, learning about the process of producing a great drink. Will definitely book again !
Written April 28, 2023
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DavidBoobyer
Swindon, UK3 contributions
Mar 2023
What a fascinating and informative tour from Ben. I'd definitely recommend it to anyone. What a little gem!
Written March 31, 2023
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Helen B
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A fun and amazingly fact filled afternoon. Our guide and host, Ben, had a dazzling knowledge of the distillation processes and shared it with equal parts humour and education.
Written March 19, 2023
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