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Bombay Sapphire Distillery Tour: Gin Tasting Experience
4.6
709 Ratings
Whitchurch
Immerse yourself in the world of Bombay Sapphire at the Laverstoke Mill distillery. Enjoy a gin & tonic, explore the history and production processes, and discover the botanicals behind this iconic gin.
Immerse yourself in the world of Bombay Sapphire at the Laverstoke Mill distillery. Enjoy a gin & tonic, explore the history and production processes, and discover the botanicals behind this iconic gin.
Duration:
1 hour, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Bombay Sapphire Distillery - Your experience begins with a trip to the Turbine Bar where you can choose from three Bombay gins to make your own complimentary gin & tonic using our self-serve gin dispensers, before heading to the Cinema Room to be immersed in all things Bombay Sapphire in preparation for your tour. Explore the Bombay Sapphire…
- Bombay Sapphire Distillery - Your experience begins with a trip to the Turbine Bar where you can choose from three Bombay gins to make your own complimentary gin & tonic using our self-serve gin dispensers, before heading to the Cinema Room to be immersed in all things Bombay Sapphire in preparation for your tour. Explore the Bombay Sapphire Distillery with a distillery host to guide you as you discover the ten exotic botanicals infused into every drop of Bombay Sapphire Gin in the Glasshouses, with an insight into Heatherwick Studios’ inspired design. Your host will help you navigate the Botanical Dry Room; a sensory experience to uncover your flavour preferences, and you’ll learn about the rare vapour infusion distillation process which makes Bombay Sapphire gin so exquisite.
What's Included
- All-inclusive taxes, fees, and handling charges
- Expert local guide service
- Welcome cocktail on arrival
- All-inclusive taxes, fees, and handling charges
- Expert local guide service
- Welcome cocktail on arrival
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
- Shuttle service tickets
- Gratuities
- Shuttle service tickets
Additional Information
Situated near Winchester at Laverstoke Mill, the Bombay Sapphire Distillery serves as the production facility for all Bombay Sapphire gin. Each visit commences with a visit to the Turbine Bar to select a Bombay gin for creating a gin & tonic, followed by a trip to the movie room for an immersive encounter with everything Bombay Sapphire - serving as a…
Situated near Winchester at Laverstoke Mill, the Bombay Sapphire Distillery serves as the production facility for all Bombay Sapphire gin. Each visit commences with a visit to the Turbine Bar to select a Bombay gin for creating a gin & tonic, followed by a trip to the movie room for an immersive encounter with everything Bombay Sapphire - serving as a preamble for the guided tour. Explore the past of Bombay Sapphire and the paper-manufacturing legacy at Laverstoke Mill, then delve into the unique production methods used to create Bombay Sapphire. Your guide will enlighten you about the specific botanicals infused in the gin within the Botanical Glasshouses and the Botanical Dry Room.
- Minimum drinking age is 18 years (under 18s must be accompanied at all times by an adult). A ‘Challenge 25’ policy is in place, valid photo ID is required.
- Do not wear open-toed shoes or high heels to the distillery.
- A small amount of walking is involved and there are some uneven surfaces.
- Wheelchair accessible - manual wheelchairs are available to book on request.
- Operates in all weather conditions and parts of the tour are outside, please dress appropriately.
- The Bombay Sapphire Distillery is a cashless venue and only card or contactless payments will be accepted.
Location
Bombay Sapphire Distillery
Laverstoke Mill, London Road
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.6
(709 Ratings)
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868edwardj
Jul 31, 2025
Gin Heaven - If you love gin then is the place to visit, the tour is £22 per person, The tour will take you on how the company started to how they distill the gin to the botanicals used to flavour the sprit.
At the end of the tour we stayed for lunch and I tried a trio of delicious gins. This was a very different but amazing day at the distillery l
The staff are very helpful and friendly and makes your experience first class.
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Marl2210
Jul 25, 2025
- What an interesting tour of the distillery, informative guide Chloe. I purchased a twin pack. Left my jacket behind sent an email and they got back to me by phone to tell me it had been found ready for collection.
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Connector40232927530
Jul 24, 2025
A Flavorful Experience! - Absolutely impressive experience. The guide was welcoming and knowledgeable. Glasshouses were beautiful and informative, and I loved learning about the ten ingredients that go into Bombay Sapphire. The interactive exhibits made the tour fun and engaging, even for someone who isn't a gin expert. The gin tasting session was great. Cocktail bar at the end was very appropriate. Highly recommend this to anyone visiting the Hampshire area. It's well worth the visit!
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Jmjmjmjmjmjmjmjm
Jul 23, 2025
A lovely visit, well worth it. - Just stumbled across on our way home from Dorset and so glad we did. Great tour guide, very knowledgeable and a great experience. We stopped for lunch too after the tour and very delicious. Would highly recommend.
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Juwhitmore
Jul 13, 2025
Birthday treat - I took my husband for a birthday treat. Chloé our guide was excellent very informative along with a sense of humour.
We both toughly enjoyed the trip from start to finish.
Great start to his birthday weekend.
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Minastones
Jul 8, 2025
Tour and Cocktail Making Class - After being gifted the tour and cocktail making class we finally got to go! From arrival the lay out is beautiful. We were greeted by our tour guide Steve, who was informative, funny and all in all a great tour guide it was a shame we didn’t get to thank him after he dropped us off at the cocktail making class.
Henna led us through our 3 cocktails and taught us multiple cocktail making bar skills which was very fun! She delivered the class really well and provided us all with a great experience.
Overall the whole experience was amazing. My only recommendation would be that they need to cater more for those driving and those that don’t drink as the cocktails contained a lot of alcohol. Obviously if you are attending you know gin is alchemy however sobriety and alcohol free is becoming more and more popular in our society.
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Andrewpm3758hb
Jun 17, 2025
Informative - I didn’t know a lot about the gin making process before I visited and came away a lot wiser after an enthusiastically led informative tour. The history of the buildings set in beautiful surroundings, with one of England’s very special chalk rivers flowing through, was to me very interesting as were the beautiful glasshouses built to demonstrate the botanical ingredients. A worthwhile tour with a good visit to the shop and cafe to end. Would recommend
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Wanderer281625
Jun 14, 2025
Don't hesitate in going - I'm going to start with the oft written message of "I don't usually do reviews" (which is true) but this was so good, I really felt compelled.
It's really simple - don't hesitate in going!
Seriously though, it was brilliant, with a special "shout-out" to Chloe and Evie (and Helen) - both knowledgable and passionate. But everyone on-site was friendly and professional - wonderful afternoon.
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Sandracs3133yl
Jul 27, 2025
Bombay Sapphire Gin Experience - Went with friends on the Gin Cocktail making experience. It is in a lovely location, fantastic buildings, and very entertaining staff. It would have been excellent but the cafe does not really cater for a meal and sadly for such a great place okay for a coffee but the food and menu is poor. Such a shame it lets them down otherwise a great place to visit. The cocktail making experience good fun and lots of knowledge given
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Marion
Jul 5, 2025
Beautiful setting for a very tasty drink - Once you’ve worked out how to get in from the car park, the greeting is very friendly and you are well directed onwards with the tour. A nice touch of a G&T (non alcoholic available for drivers, with a token for a takeaway G&T to get at the end) while watching the intro movie before moving onto the tour proper. Lots of facts and info given about how it all started to present day and also can try out all the herbs etc used in the making of the gin in a very pleasant specially designed room. Oliver our guide was having his very first day as a guide and was very personable - I’m sure it’ll get smoother and he’ll get even more confidence the more he does it.
The finish of the tour leads you through the cafe and shop (of course!) where we managed to buy several bottles at a discount.
All in all - excellent.
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