Love gin? Then there’s nothing better than learning how to create your own at an award winning Norfolk distillery! And of course you get to take it home, made to your very own bespoke recipe dontcha know!

Nicky and Jason, owners of WhataHoot Gin, are never happier than when sharing their passion so they’ve created a fantastic range of experiences and masterclasses welcoming gin lovers to their wonderful boozy world. Go back to the classroom at their purpose-built Gin School in a beautiful heritage building at the heart of King’s Lynn.

For this 4 hour Gin Masterclass you’ll be welcomed to your workstations, each equipped with its own beautiful copper still, to learn the step-by-step process of gin distillation and discover how botanicals give each gin its distinct flavour. Then it’s time to design your own concoction, experimenting with over 30 botanicals from across the world including Madagascar, Egypt and Spain, as well as Norfolk’s famous lavender and sea samphire.

Highlights include:

• Making a 70cl bottle of gin to takeaway with personalised label
• Indulgent 4 Gin & Tonics during your session (per person)
• Discover the history of Gin and WhataHoot whilst on a Distillery Tour
• Enjoy a Norfolk inspired locally sourced seasonal grazing board supplied by Bank House
• Gin Making Experience Photos

A WhataHoot masterclass makes a brilliant present for gin lovers. Why not book for the whole gang? You’ll learn loads from top notch tutors while having fun in good company. That’s edutainment!

You’ll be warmly welcomed at this award-winning distillery and gin school in the heart of historic King’s Lynn.

Behind the handsome 1830s brick frontage on King Street is a Grade II listed 17th century warehouse and merchants’ yard, embodying the town’s proud global trading heritage. Now magnificently converted to a family-run bespoke distillery, it’s a beautiful space with wooden beams, open brick work and gleaming copper stills.

WhataHoot owner Jason will guide you through the building where you’ll learn more about its history and the company’s origins. Generous about sharing his passion for gin, you’ll discover how it’s distilled whilst experiencing the way botanicals give gins their unique flavours. And you’ll see where the famous Royal Estate Sandringham Celebration Gin is produced. A real exclusive as it’s only available to buy from the estate itself, just 8 miles from the distillery.

You’ll finish your tour being treated to a G&T in the delightful Spirit Lounge. Your new knowledge should help you pick out the distinct notes of WhataHoot’s Signature Dry Gin with its refreshing blend of traditional botanicals including juniper, coriander and citrus, perfectly balanced with the iconic Norfolk flavours of sea-samphire and lavender. Seriously smooth!

The hour’s tour gives you plenty of time to relax and enjoy your experience, chat to the staff, ask questions and learn more about gin making. And you even get 10% off in the Pantry shop! Cheers!

What better way to get acquainted with one of the UK’s most cosmopolitan cities than with a lively Gin & Cocktail tour? Walking around the vibrant Silver Triangle, known as ‘Norwich Over the Water’, you’ll get to know this historic area like a local. Your friendly guide just happens to be a trained sommelier who’s in with all the staff of the best pubs in the city. They’ll serve you an imaginatively curated selection of locally distilled gins showcasing an intriguing variety of tastes and aromatic flavours. While you sip you’ll discover where the ingredients are sourced and how botanicals are carefully selected to give gins their unique character.

You’ll drink in the the heritage of this fine city too, walking between venues while your guide points out interesting places, giving you the lowdown on stories of famous locals. If you love history and gin, this laid back educational experience has your name on it!

The tour includes public spaces and venues with easy wheelchair access. And if notified in advance the guide is happy to deliver the tour in BSL, able to adapt her delivery style to be inclusive for varied sensory needs.

Please allow around three and a half hours for the tour. It costs £47.99 per person and includes all tasting samples. Good chat and a few cocktails get you in the mood for Christmas or brighten up those dull old days in January and February. Head into the New Year with a smile! Chin chin!

The Bullards name is synonymous with the heritage of Norwich. Across six generations the fortunes of Norfolk’s esteemed drinks producer have risen, fallen and revived again in line with the curious vagaries of history. The story of this iconic Norwich company is one of hard work, reinvention, evolution and the strength of family. And it’s best heard from Bullards themselves.

Ideal for G&T lovers, a Bullards gin journey distils generations of knowledge into a rich sensory experience. You’ll discover tasting techniques whilst enjoying the botanical flavours and aromas that give gin its essence, rounding things off with a refreshing Gin and Tonic. Cheers!

Bullards’ fascinating heritage is woven through its drinks, from the names of the gin to the shape of the bottle, modelled on the Bullards chimney, a famous Norfolk landmark. The company is now leading the way in innovative environmental practices such as eco-pouches delivered by good old Royal Mail. This is a local business that’s truly earned its trademarked strapline ‘the spirit of Norwich’.

30-40 botanicals are used across the five Bullards gins, each botanical telling its own story of Norfolk’s nature, spirit and variety. Yet perhaps a sense of place is most poetically expressed by the Coastal Gin, flavoured with sustainably foraged local seasonal ingredients such as samphire, wild fennel, sea purslane, sea aster and Douglas fir pine. Its delicate salty tang is alight with bright citrus like sunshine dancing on the water – and on the palate! Truly the taste of Norfolk.

The Orient Express may have been a grand European hotel on rails. But a North Norfolk gin palace on rails is less snooty and rather easier on the pocket! Plus it comes with ice buckets of quirky charm you won’t find anywhere else in the world. So get your glad rags on and hop aboard the North Norfolk Railway Gin Train! Riding an historic steam train, every mile of railroad track takes you back to a slower age when people made time for glamour. Relax into a First Class seat, reserved specially for you, and savour a collection of premium gins as you rock gently from fashionable old seaside resort of Sheringham to the elegant Georgian town of Holt and back. This luxurious gin experience is a real tonic!

The nostalgic Gin Train features five specially chosen gins, served as your steam train makes its sentimental journey between Sheringham to Holt. Don’t you just love the clink and fizz of the evening’s first drink? Yours is a gin cocktail, served on arrival before taking your seat in a first-class dining carriage ready for departure. A generous mezze board of delicious cold meats and cheeses provides a stylish accompaniment your drinks. While your conversation sparkles, sip three contrasting gins, each served with a mixer to bring out the beautifully balanced botanicals. To keep things sweet, follow that with luscious homemade cheesecake (infused with gin of course!). Round off the evening with a gin liqueur. What a swell party this is!