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Fun evening blind tasting Damson & Sloe Gins

Good result for Chilton

I will be selling my Damson Gin and new Damson Vinegar at the following shows

February 3rd                          Shrewsbury Farmers Market.  The Square Shrewsbury

March 2nd                              Shrewsbury Farmers Market.  The Square, Shrewsbury

Aprill 6th                                 Shrewsbury Farmers Market.  The Square, Shrewsbury

May 4th                                   Shrewsbury Farmers Market.  The Square, shrewsbury

13th May                                Ludlow Spring Festival, The Castle Square, Ludlow

May 206th                              Shropshire County Show.  Berwick, Shrewsbury

June 1st                                 Shrewsbury Farmers Market.  The Square, Shrewsbury

July 6th                                  Shrewsbury Farmers Market.  The Square, Shrewsbury

August 3rd                            Shrewsbury Farmers Market, The Square, Shrewsbury

August 10th/11th                 Shrewsbury Flower Show

September 7th/8th/9th        Ludlow Food & Drink Festival.  The Castle Ludlow

October 5th                           Shrewsbury Farmers Market, The Square, Shrewsbury

November 2nd                      Shrewsbury Farmers Market, The Square, Shrewsbury

December 7th                       Shrewsbury Farmers Market, The Square, Shrewsbury

The Libertine Cocktail Bar, Butchers Row, Shrewsbury are now using Chilton Damson Gin in their "House Cocktail" 

The window at the Libertine Cocktail Bar showing a "distressed" Chilton Damson Gin bottle

I was delighted to hear that two of my Damson Gin clients  The Fellin Fach Griffin and the Gunnards Head have been given the following awards

Congratulations to them both.

 I will be selling my Damson Gin in 70cl bottles and 10cl bottles (which make perfect small presents or stocking fillers) at the following Fairs

31st October 5.30 - 8.30 The Travelling Souk Walcot Hall, Lydbury North (in aid of Homestart)

1st November 9.30-4.30 The Travelling Souk Walcot Hall, Lydbury North

4th November 9.00 - 4pm The Farmers Market, The Square, Shrewsbury

7th November 10 - 4pm Albrighton Hall Hotel, Shrewsbury SY4 3AG (in aid of British Red Cross)

15th November 9.30 -4pm Ludlow Racecourse, Bromfield, Ludlow (in aid of The Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry)

 22nd November 10.30-4pm Iscoyd Park, Iscoyd, Whitchurch SY13 3AT (in aid of Save the Children)

2nd December 9.00 - 4pm The Farmers Market, The Square, Shrewsbury

I was very pleased to have the variety of damson used in the Chilton Damson Gin identified as the Shropshire Prune.  My bottles will now display the Shropshire Prune logo as below.

Saturday 24th September I took my Chilton Damson Gin along to  Apley Farm Shop  who were opening its doors not just to their customers but to their producers to allow customers to sample various different delights from their deli. 

Apley Farm Shop specialises in the best of local and regional food, offering quality produce fresh from the estate, tenant farms, Shropshire suppliers and small food producers

The other weekend we exhibited at the Ludlow Food Festival -  the first time Chilton has exhibited for several years. We set up our stall as part of the festival fringe and introduced people to the delights of damson gin. it seems as if everyone has a damson tree laden with fruit this year, judging by the number of times people offered us damsons!

The Saturday went well apart from a brisk shower when we got slightly damp under our stall and had to huddle in a corner and discuss the weather problems with our fellow stall holders..Wormersley Fruit & Herb Vinegars and The Cheshire Cheese Company Sunday was a brighter day and the day passed by as we gave out samples of the damson gin and made sales to those with discerning palates!

As part of the festival there was a Damson workshop run by Slow Food Ludlow who have worked hard to get the Shropshire Prune included in the Slow food Ark of Taste - I was delighted to have the damsons used for my gin identified as the "Shropshire Prune" variety