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PROMOTION Thrings meets. Paul Bowler, founder of Winchester Distillery he Hampshire village o Alresford has been home to Winchester Distillery since 2015 after launching from produce experimental batches. And Hampshire countryside to inspire us o beoaden our range. I also wanted to work with local businesses to create new reeipes, so our Hampshire range of seasonal gins was created: Winser everything grew from there. What about developing your a domestie kitchen a year earlicr, customer base? Here, founder Paul Howler tells 'Thrings In the carly days I would walk or drive Wassail uses Beamley applesand quince partner Mary Chant why he swapped to pubs, restaurants and hotels in from local orchards, Spring Meadow softwaredevelopment for a career ingin. Hampshire to gauge interest in mhand-picked cherry blossom fronm gin. I was fortunate that Toscanaccio, a Hillier gardens near Romsey, Summer How did youcometo bedistillinggin? wine and spirits retailer in Winchester, Garden uses New Forest strawberries A mid life crisis!I had recently turned stocked Twisted Nose immediately and blueberries,and Autumn Hedgerow 40, I'd spent 20 years in ITand I wanteda Then I started sampling and selling at ushedgerow fruit from nearby farms. careerwhich wouldenable me to spend Hampshire food and drink festivals. oveexperimenting with new recipes. lesstimetravelling and more time with Finding those first few clients and my family. I'd seen the lanw change to customers took a lot of hard work but How do you reflect on the allow craft distillers to produce gin in thankfully they are still supporting us past four years? the UK. My first job after university several years later was with a cider manufacturer, where learned aboutthebackoffice side olthe Where did the idea of using drinks indastry, but gin inparticular had watercress come fromt always fascinated me. Iwas sure there Gin is all about extracting flavours we never compromise on quality. I'm weregindrinkers like me in Hampshire from natural ingredients, collectively proud of my team of production, sales who wanted something local and a bit referred to as 'botanicals, and must and events specialists. And I'm proud different tothemainstream beandsand include predominantly juniper berries. that we will always be Hampshires that's where the idea started to fo Hampshire is famous for watereress, first-ever craftdistillery. But for me, the It's been a bit of a rollercoaster. Sometimes it feels like it's four days sincel started, othersmore like 40years but working with it seemed crazy. uture is about However, pepper often features in growth and How did you get started? I applied for a licence from HMRC, taditional gin recipes, and using diversification. I don't think they had licensed a watercress as a substitute woeked well 1love rum so Hampshire gin distilery before, so it Sowewere notonly creating something maybe that's wasa learning esperiencefor both ofus. that was made in Hampshire but thenext thing. I had to produce a business plan which something that contained Hampshire le's certainly proved I was a legitimate business and nredients. not one which created moonshine as a hobby. My kitchen was my distillery. Where did you go after Twisted Nose couple I had a small still, but it allowed me to As a craft distiller, I wanted the of years going to be THRINGS For moro information about Thrings solicitors, please visit www.thrings.com

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