Tom says, “A great still really looks after you. Beyond that, it’s all about experimenting and building a relationship. These stills are killing themselves with each distillation – the copper degrades every time you run it. So they’re selfless bits of kit, and the heartbeat of our business.” Gin Fans, did you know you can personalise your very own bottle of Warner’s Gin! With up to 20 characters, you can customise a bottle with a message of your choice for your friends and loved ones (or even yourself!) Avoiding its competitors industrial approach, the Warner’s process is painstakingly focused on creating the best-tasting liquid, combining traditional gin production and the best farm-grown ingredients for a contemporary twist on flavor.

As Tom explains, “There are a lot of gins where people are trying to make statements, and they become a palate killer. Honeybee Gin is quite a big gin in terms of its citrus and floral notes, but we distilled it very slowly. That makes it fresh and drinkable – a zippy, light gin that’s a strong favourite for us over the summer.”Every evening and weekend for a year, Tom and his team could be found sawing, hammering, planting and planning. He’d had the idea to build a botanical garden at the heart of his family farm, and he was determined to see it through.

Since launching in 2012, Tom & Tina have built an expert team, producing unique spirits, elegantly crafted from ingredients grown on the farm such as elderflower, angelica, verbena and lavender.Warner’s Distillery is the world’s leading premium farm-born gin producer. Its spirits are lovingly crafted with nature using ingredients directly from the botanical gardens, hedgerows, and natural springs of its farm estate.

Tom says, “I wanted to make a gin with a big citrus hit, to have the nectar interacting with the citrussy notes. It’s the craziest gin, and it was hard to distil because of the sheer variety of botanicals.” For Tina, it was a no-brainer. “My Mam had a beehive at home on the farm in Dublin,” she says. “Once they even swarmed up into the roof of the house! There was a connection there, and the idea just seemed to flow so well with the hedgerows on Falls Farm, and how everything we need to flavour all of our gins we owe to the work of bees.” After graduation Tina toiled away in the City, while Tom worked all hours at a fresh produce importer.

Just the second special edition in the Warner Edwards Botanical Garden range (it joins lemon balm-based Melissa Gin on the roster) will this Honeybee Gin be the last amazing flavour to come out of Curiosity? Certainly not – and with a gorgeous garden bursting with flavours and aromas to try, you can bet that the next Warner Edwards outing won’t play it safe, either. Within months of releasing their signature London Dry Gin, the Warner Edwards team was already raking in the awards. But for the Warner Edwards team, it was perfecting the unique flavours – like the effervescent Harrington Elderflower Gin in June's Gin of the Month box – that gave them the most joy. We use real ingredients to make our 100% natural range of spirits, on our farm in the British countryside. To make our award-winning Rhubarb Gin, we press tonnes of real rhubarb, until we have enough juice to fill a third of every bottle.

To celebrate our Rhubarb Gin's famous flavour, we have enlisted the help of acclaimed lexicographer SUSIE DENT, to pen a 'Rhubarb Tongue Twister' that will give drinkers THE ULTIMATE taste experience through the preparation of the palate.As the Warner’s state, “the path less travelled is often hardest but offers the richest rewards - working with real fruit and botanicals is far more complex than using factory created flavourings, but it creates the best tasting spirit, and that’s why we believe ‘Real Taste Better’ ” He says, “We have an awesome butterfly plant in the garden, so there’s a huge number of bees and butterflies there. When you research it, bees are in so much trouble at the moment – humans need to get better at safeguarding our habitats and pollinators.”