Our Story
Our Story
PISTON DISTILLERY – FOUNDED IN WORCESTER IN 2018 AND BORN OF A DESIRE TO CREATE A TRUE MODERN CLASSIC, ONE THAT REMINDS YOU WHAT A LONDON DRY GIN SHOULD BE, THAT GROUNDS YOU, POSITIONS YOU AND SETS A NEW STANDARD FOR OTHERS TO FOLLOW.
REBELLIOUS AT HEART, WE CHALLENGED OLD SCHOOL METHODS AND DEVELOPED A RECIPE USING 14 GLOBALLY SOURCED BOTANICALS OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY. COMBINED THEY GIVE A WELL-BALANCED, FULL AND LINGERING TASTE WITH A TOUCH OF SMOKE, SPICE, SUBTLE SWEETNESS AND BOLD CITRUS NOTES.
WITH TIME HONOURED TECHNIQUE, CLASSIC STYLE AND TRUE BRITISH INGENUITY PISTONS LOCAL HIGHLY SKILLED TEAM BRING A SUAVE EXOTIC AND INIMITABLE FLAVOUR TO THE GIN WORLD.
WE ALSO DO OTHER SPIRITS !
PISTON HAVE BEEN AWARDED PRESTIGIOUS DOUBLE GOLD, GOLD, SILVER AND BRONZE MEDALS AT THE SAN FRANCISCO WORLD SPIRIT COMPETITION.
Nick Weatherall Founder, Piston Gin
PISTON – A REBELLIOUS SPIRIT
Our Gin
COFFEE INFUSED GIN
Piston London Dry Gin distillate is blended with cold brewed Ethiopian coffee and dark muscovado sugar.
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DOUGLAS FIR GIN
Bright in colour and beautifully tart, Douglas Fir is a smooth Gin with a distinctive character.
Buy Now STRAWBERRY & HIBISCUS GIN
Fresh locally picked strawberries and delicate aromas of Nigerian hibiscus create a subtle sweetness followed by a smooth citrus finish.
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OAK AGED GIN
Piston London Dry Gin aged in French oak barrels with a touch of honey.
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Ginger Gin 70cl
Fiery stem ginger, steeped in our quintessential Oak Aged Gin. Deep Oak notes gently followed by a smooth warmth of ginger spice.
Buy Now DISTINGUISHED LONDON DRY GIN
Forged in a time-honoured technique, Piston delivers a robust and enticing, Distinguished London Dry Gin.
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I’m really impressed. This Piston fires on all cylinders – a very impressive debut from an exciting new distillery. Ian Buxton, best-selling author of 101 Gins to Try Before You Die.
Piston Gin: BOTANICALS
Our Botanicals
Juniper & Coriander Seed
By time-honoured custom and practice – and by law – piny, aromatic Juniper is the first taste of gin. During the 17th Century pioneering distillers based in the Low Countries, distilled juniper for its medicinal value and called their spirit ‘genever’. English soldiers in the Thirty Years’ War brought home the taste for ‘Dutch courage’; […]
Citrus
Our carefully-selected blend of premium citrus botanicals balance zingy lemongrass with aromatic fresh lime and zesty pink grapefruit peel. One citrus botanical alone may suffice in lesser gins but our recipe calls for greater complexity – the result, a more satisfying, fuller and longer-lasting flavour.
Fruits & Flowers
Piston’s fruit notes come from blackberry, hibiscus flowers and Chinese rhubarb root. Together, they provide an intriguing spice note with hints of smoke and a beguiling sweetness that’s offset by the tart flavour of hibiscus.
The Sweet Earth
Liquorice is a classic botanical, used in English gins since the 18th Century. We add it for its sweet and woody notes – think chewy liquorice root, not the confectionery you might first recall. Then we add burdock and mallow for their musky, earthy notes. Not that they leap from the glass; their contribution is […]
Spice & Savour
For the peppery note we were looking for, only Grains of Paradise would do. Frankly, we were sold on the name alone! They may be expensive but there’s no substitute. Finally, some unexpected guests: the subtle smoke and liquorice delivery of the ancho chilli can’t be found elsewhere and our deliciously intense dulse seaweed delivers, […]
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