Having bought your ticket you arrive at the venue and buy tokens which enable you to try different brands at various bars around the room. There were also some sponsors/exhibitors giving talks (and free samples) and an off licence selling gin and souvenirs ("Life's too short for single gins").
I went with a similarly gin inclined friend and we had huge fun trying different gins and planning our future excursion to Sipsmiths London distillery!
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| Tone of the day for public transport |
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| Street art caught my eye |
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| Start the day with great coffee |
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| Gin #1 (Rock Rose) |
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| Gin #2 (Batch Premium) |
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| @GinFestival |
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| Sipsmith's Swan (Graham?) |
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| Unusual hygiene notice! |
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| Time to shop? |
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| Fever-tree tonic (lots of it - Elderflower & Mediterranean are great) |
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| So much gin, so little time |
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| Gin #3 (Steam Punk) |
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| Gin #4 (Elderflower Warner Edwards) |
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| Gin #5 (Sipsmith V.J.O.P) |
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| Lecture Theatre (really!) |
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| Shopping time! |
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| Walt behaving himself on the train |
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| My gin collection (middle bottle bought yesterday) |
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| Attendance badge |
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| Tote to bring home swag |
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| Gin literature |
I had a fantastic day out, tried some really great gin (and one that I didn't like so much) and even learned a few things about both gin and tonic.
I'd go again, although possibly be more organised and not go all the way to Milton Keynes!