Fantastic way to spend a Sunday afternoon in February.

We stayed in Basingstoke for the weekend, so decided to get public transport out to the distillery – the 76 bus runs from the shopping centre or train station in Basingstoke and stops right outside of the distillery, which meant we could both enjoy the cocktail making masterclass which followed the tour.

Our tour guide (Mark) was excellent and very knowledgeable, making the tour both informative and engaging, starting with a gin and tonic in a very nice cinema, followed by some history on the site and the company, then a trip into the glass houses to view the botanicals, finishing with a view of the stills.

The cocktail making masterclass was excellent. Out guide for this (I believe it was Olivia) was again engaging and very knowledgeable, managing to keep control of a room full of adults as we sampled more and more of our carefully crafted cocktails. We had such fun with the masterclass with the group getting friendlier and more chatty as the afternoon progressed.

We finished off sitting in the bar chatting to our new cocktail making friends, finishing off our cocktails until it was sadly time for our bus back to Basingstoke.

A thoroughly enjoyable afternoon that we heartily recommend.

– Paul Tassell

Great place!! I loved the atmosphere. We did the tour and the guide was absolutely incredible. When I got into the green house it smelled like my country (Colombia). The smell of the tropical plants made my hart happy.

– MARCELA LEON

This is one of the best distillery tours I’ve ever done! The Bombay Sapphire grounds are really beautiful, everything from the greenhouse to the building itself. The tour was really informative about the Gin and history of the Brand. The cocktail masterclass was so well done, really fun and interactive, the drinks were great too and really focussed on completing the alcohol, not sickly sweet and packed with sugar like other masterclasses I’ve done. You can definitely spend a whole day at this place in the gorgeous setting! I’d highly recommend this to anyone.

– Euro Traveller