Shakespeare Distillery
Gin is having a moment in England right now, and this distillery run by two brothers is embracing the trend while combining traditional Tudor ingredients with modern handcrafting techniques. Tours (1½ hours) are entertaining and informative, with plenty of fun history woven in. At the end, you'll enter a tasting room with mini stills (there are options for making your own gin) for a tasting of a few gins, followed by a complimentary gin and tonic. Tours also discuss the distillery's rum: this is one of the country's only distilleries to make its own from scratch. The distillery is a couple of miles out of town, but the taxi ride is very much worth it. You can also shop for bottles and other gifts at the distillery's shop on Stratford's High Street.
