Contract Distilling
From farm businesses to food brands, tourism attractions to charities — Devon Distillery helps private sector organisations turn a spirit idea into a real, sellable product.
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The private sector is broad — and so is the range of organisations that come to Devon Distillery for spirits production. What they share is a sense that a well-made, branded spirit can do something meaningful for their brand: generate a new revenue stream, strengthen their identity, or give customers and supporters something to take home.
We've worked with farm businesses creating a distinctive spirit from their own produce, tourism attractions adding a retail product to their shop, food brands extending into drinks, and charities creating a fundraising edition. The production process is the same — your brief, our craft.
Organisations We Work With
Use your own botanical harvest, fruit, or grain as the basis for a signature spirit that reflects where it came from. Riverford Farm is one example we've worked with.
Extend an existing food or drinks brand into spirits — a natural progression for premium food businesses with an existing customer base and retail relationship.
A branded gin or rum in your gift shop gives visitors something genuinely local to take home — and generates repeat awareness of your attraction.
A limited-edition spirit makes a compelling fundraising product — premium, memorable, and brand-aligned. We can work to tight timelines for event or campaign launches.
If your region has a story worth bottling — a botanical, a heritage, a landscape — we can help you turn that story into a spirit. Devon and South West provenance is something we know well.
If you have a brand idea and need a production partner, we're set up to work with new businesses — from initial recipe through to commercial scale when you're ready.
Production
For most private sector clients, the appeal of Devon Distillery is that we manage the entire production process — from recipe and distillation through to bottling, labelling, compliance, and delivery. You don't need to coordinate multiple suppliers or manage a production supply chain.
Label Print Routes
| Route | What it covers |
|---|---|
| We print | Digital print in-house, applied as part of your bottling run. Paper, vinyl, and transparent stock. Proofs supplied for approval before the run. |
| Specialist print | Outsourced to our trade partners for foiling, embossing, textured stocks, and other premium finishes. |
| You supply | Send us your finished labels and we apply them — useful if you already have a printer you work with. |
Whichever route you take, we check every label against the legal requirements — ABV, volume, allergens, and producer details — before anything goes to print.
Branding & Compliance
A spirit is only useful if it can be legally sold. We handle all HMRC duty and compliance requirements, produce fully labelled, legal product, and can advise on what licence or premises approval you may need to sell your spirit on your own site.
We also support clients who need to register their own brand with HMRC, or who want to hold their spirit in bonded status before release.
Scale
Our 20-litre minimum means you don't have to commit to a large production run to launch. Start with enough stock to test your market — farm shop, visitor centre gift shop, or online — and scale up when you know what's working.
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Still on the Move can bring a live gin-making experience to your farm, visitor attraction, or business premises. It's a natural fit alongside a contract-distilled house spirit — launch your gin at an event where guests can make it themselves.
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