Why Choose Us?
reasons to believe in penrhos
Being farmers we care for our environment. We started Penrhos Spirits not because we thought the world needed another gin brand, but because we wanted better for our imperfectly perfect fruit.
For the longest time, we have been gin lovers, the perfect way to unwind after a long day in the fields and one day we just asked ourselves… why not? As lifelong friends, we have always plotted and planned and we realised we had the perfect answer. Our wives Sally and Kate soon realised this was more than a mid-life crisis and joined the team. With Harriet joining shortly after!
Not only do we create award winning gins on the family farm using wonky fruit but we also launched the first 100% recycled aluminium gin bottle. We’re leaders in packaging innovation and this has helped to reduce our packaging’s carbon footprint by 91%
Wonky fruit of course!
We don’t add any more alcohol to stretch the number of bottles from each run. Whilst not the most economical way of producing Gin it enables us to keep all the best flavours a craft gin should possess.
Our story
We’re so proud of the gin we create and we’re excited to invite you on the journey!
2018
The beginning
After farming together for many years, Charlie and Dickie were frustrated with the amount of fruit waste due to it not being perfect enough for the shop shelves. They set about finding a Copper Still, set ‘her’ up in the old calf shed and by December 2018 we launched at Kington Christmas Food Festival.
2019-2021
we grew
After winning awards for our Dry and Rhubarb we added our delicious Apple & Elderflower to the gin Family. This quickly became a favourite and was awarded a Great Taste Award.
We kept going through COVID and supplied many local doctors, dentists and schools with hand sanitizer.
2022-2024
introducing 100% recycled aluminium
We knew our wonky gins were good but we didn’t want to stop there…… The search began for a bottle that would be more kind to our environment. After over 6 months of searching we found our 100% recycled aluminium bottle. We were nervous as this would be the first one to market but we knew it was the right way to go.
In 2023 we became the first distillery to move our bottles from traditional glass to 100% recycled aluminium. This change helped to improve our packaging’s carbon footprint by a huge 91% which is something we are incredibly proud of. The recycled, lightweight and shatterproof bottle is paving the way for different forms of packaging in the spirits world and has won us many awards for both innovation, sustainability and packaging.
the future
being even better
We have so many plans to keep improving.
We’re on our B Corp journey and hope to submit this year.
We have planted many wild flowers to support our bees, we want to keep improving our packaging and our production.
Not forgetting, saving more wonky fruit!