Cheshire-based gin distillery, Three Wrens, has been named amongst the world’s best as it announced today it has taken home two prestigious and globally famous awards for its Apple Crumble and Bison Grass gins, beating competition from established gin producers across the UK and worldwide.
Three Wrens Apple Crumble gin, hand-distilled in their small woodland premises in Cholmondeley, has received a Golden Fork award at this year’s Guild of Fine Food Great Taste Awards following its achievement of 3 stars. The golden forks are given to, the “best of the best” of the winners at the awards, and only 16 were given to companies, from over 14,000 entrants across 180 countries.
Although the exact recipe remains a secret, the Three Wrens’ Apple Crumble gin flavour is made by macerating toasted oats in the base spirit before distilling with juniper, Cheshire apples, nutmeg, cinnamon, and sweet orange peel. Each batch takes 3 days to make by hand.
The small business won over the panel of experts on the judging panel, who commented that the gin was: “Truly astonishing. A fascinating, unique flavour.”
Three wrens produce their gins in 300 litre litre copper pot still ‘Jill’ and smaller 50 litre ‘Valerie’, named after Nick’s Mum. Established in 2019, their small team of five are making great strides in the world of contemporary craft gin, after long careers in the cocktail bar and spirits industry.
The Great British Food Awards, sponsored by Booths, award scores for taste & provenance of independently made British produce. Three wrens Bison Grass gin ranked first place in the flavoured gin category, scoring a perfect ten out of ten for taste, and five out of five for provenance.
The Bison Grass gin is a world first, and features the rare sweetgrass ‘Hierochloe Odorata’, traditionally confined to the world of vodka until last year. Owner & distiller Nick Wadeson, unable to buy the grass commercially, decided to grow it from seed at the distillery, and it can be found overflowing in their wooden planters in the summer months. The journey of the gin is 5 metres from garden to glass, and the company remains 100% self-sufficient and sustainable for this unique ingredient. The gin is juniper rich and has notes of summer hay, cinnamon, lime peel and vanilla.
Nick commented on the successes: “This has been a life changing month for us. To have won two of the top prizes in food and drink, judged by the UK’s best food and drink experts, is astounding and I could not be more proud of my team and business.
“Both our Bison Grass and Apple Crumble gins are found nowhere else, and we have put a huge amount of effort into creating gins which are truly unique, in order to push the boundaries and stand apart in such a crowded market. We have seen a huge increase in orders and demand since the results were announced, we are currently working on another major release to be launched in Spring 2022, so watch this space!“
Three Wrens Gin operates an open-door policy at the distillery, allowing customers to drop in during the week, watch the award-winning gin production and sample the ranges for free. The company also offers a gin distilling experience where visitors are able to create their own unique gin under their expert guidance.
Both of the award winning products, Three Wrens Apple Crumble gin and Three Wrens Bison Grass gin, are available to buy direct from www.threewrensgin.com and from Master of Malt.
