Let us know if we need instructions for where to find your house or want us to leave your wine in the shed! Also sign me up for newsletters so I can get special offers, recommendations, and expert advice to my inbox! Gift tube is not available to purchase separately, only available with Portobello Road Gin London Dry (70cl bottle of Portobello Road Gin London Dry included in this product. Once each of the guests present has created and received their blend of gin you'll all be given one last cocktail, usually a Martini if you’re feeling up to it, and we’ll also present you with 2 miniature bottles of our personal blend to take away, which of course went on to become Portobello Road Gin. Taking the idea of a gin for the King of Corsica as our jumping off point we decided to create a gin inspired by the botanicals of Corsica and the surrounding Mediterranean area.

Head upstairs to The Malt Floor, our cocktail lounge serivng innovative cocktails using different whiskies and gins from around the world. Nestled above a 19th century drinking den on the world famous Portobello Road, London's premiere gin-making experience, The Ginstitute opened. To wash this down with, we'll also provide Fever-Tree tonic as well as our ready to drink Portobello Road Gin and Tonic in a can. It was here that, after discovering the lay of the distilling land and nine months of experimentation, Portobello Road Gin was born. Especially when reviewing a gin form the early Gin Renaissance that we’ve not had in for review until now.For the first hour of your session the Gin Instructor will take you through the long, and frequently miserable, history of gin. And others may find it a bit hot and somewhat unbalanced— especially when compared with other gins on the market in the 2020’s. It was here that, after 9 months of experimentation, Portobello Road Gin was born; a timeless and versatile London Dry that salutes the distillers of the past. When you come in, you can find your new favourite bottle at our tasting counter, hire glasses, flutes and chiller bins free* and pick up some ice. For something born on a whim, Portobello Road Gin has quickly established itself as a favourite amongst connoisseur consumers, bartenders and gin fans everywhere.

You’ll be lubricated by a multitude of our favourite gin cocktails along the way before leaving the session with a bottle of your own personal blend to take home and enjoy.

On the nose, this gin is exactly what you’d expect from both the name, the packaging and the list of botanicals, it’s still clearly gin, lots of juniper lots of citrus, but it is those delightful herbal notes from the basil and particularly the rosemary.