The Church Farm Craft Company is one of the smallest and most genuinely handmade spirit producers in England. Based on Church Farm in Barlow, a small village in Derbyshire, founders Ade and Bec Cole produce nano-batch gin by hand using botanicals foraged from the Peak District landscape and grown on the farm itself, blended with fresh filtered Derbyshire spring water in a solar-powered distillery.
Everything here is made in small quantities, finished by hand, and built around a clear philosophy: use what the land around you offers, leave as small a footprint as possible, and make something genuinely worth having. The bottles reflect that philosophy as much as the spirit inside them.
What Makes The Church Farm Craft Company Different
The Church Farm Craft Company Range
The range spans several gin expressions, each reflecting a different facet of the Peak District landscape. Gin is Dead is the most deliberately uncompromising expression in the collection.
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Gin is Dead London Dry Gin
London Dry Gin. Small batch, periodically released.
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45% Alc. | A multi-award-winning love letter to London Dry Gin. Robustly juniper-forward, uncompromising, and crystal clear. No flavouring, no colouring, no shimmer or glitter, no sweetening. Built on 11 botanicals including ginger, meadowsweet, pink peppercorn, and citrus. Produced in single-shot batches of 90 to 95 bottles, each hand-finished. The bottle features a manga-based design incorporating the kanji symbol for death, with an elaborate double-tied neck piece using different thickness twines. A genuinely striking object as well as a serious gin. | Juniper-forward and assertive on the nose. Robust, smooth, and clean on the palate. The kind of gin that makes clear what gin is supposed to taste like before the category got complicated. Long, dry finish. | Classic G&T with a single slice of lemon; dry martini; gin purists; collectors; limited edition gifts |
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Peak Heritage Master of The Peak Gin
London Dry Gin. Foraged Peak District botanicals.
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45% Alc. | The flagship expression and the backbone of the range. Made with botanicals foraged from in and around the Peak District: Douglas fir, crab apple, and red clover alongside classic juniper. Blended with fresh filtered Derbyshire spring water. Each bottle is hand-labelled and hand-finished, with a double loop of leather and a brass toggle. | Juniper-forward and rich with botanical complexity from the locally foraged Douglas fir, crab apple, and red clover. Robust, smooth, and flavoursome. A traditional London Dry with a distinctive sense of place. | G&T with a juniper-led tonic; Derbyshire provenance gift; gin collectors; those who want a gin rooted in a specific landscape |
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Peak Heritage Forager's Blend Gin
Contemporary Gin. Cold-infused gorse flowers.
Contemporary
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42% Alc. | Takes the Master of The Peak London Dry as its base, then cold-infuses it for over four weeks with locally foraged, air-dried gorse flowers. The extended cold infusion produces a naturally amber-coloured contemporary gin without any artificial colouring. London Spirits Competition Silver Award. Great Taste 1 Star Award. | Beautiful earthy amber colour. Warm botanical finish from the gorse flower infusion, layered over the juniper base of the Master of The Peak. More aromatic and softer than the flagship. A distinctive and genuinely seasonal expression. | G&T with a floral tonic and a slice of orange; a thoughtful gift for contemporary gin drinkers; those curious about foraged botanicals |
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Peak Heritage Harvester's Blend Pink Gin
Flavoured Gin. Farm-harvest botanicals.
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Please insert | A flavoured gin expression from the Church Farm harvest. Uses farm-grown and foraged botanicals to create a naturally coloured pink gin in keeping with the distillery's philosophy of using what the land provides rather than artificial colouring. | Softer and more fruit-forward than the Master of The Peak. Farm-harvest character with a natural pink hue. A more accessible entry point for those who prefer a lighter, sweeter gin style. | Light G&T with a fruity tonic; spritz-style serves; those who enjoy flavoured gins but want artisan provenance |
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GinZoil Dry Black Gin
Contemporary Gin. Striking visual identity.
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Please insert | A boldly styled dry gin from The Church Farm Craft Company operating under a separate brand identity. The GinZoil name and black presentation stand apart from the Peak Heritage range, targeting gin drinkers who want something visually distinctive alongside a serious dry gin character. | Dry and assertive. The black presentation signals intent: this is not a soft or sweet gin. A confident botanical character in a bottle designed to stand out on any shelf or back bar. | G&T with a dry premium tonic; bold gift choice; those who judge a bottle by its cover and want the gin to match |
Alex's Church Farm Craft Company Recommendations
If you have not come across The Church Farm Craft Company before, start with the Master of The Peak: it is the distillery's flagship and the expression that shows most clearly what Ade and Bec are doing. If you prefer a more approachable and aromatic style, the Forager's Blend is the one to reach for; the four-week gorse infusion makes it genuinely distinctive. Gin is Dead is the bottle for gin purists: small batch, no compromises, and a very direct statement of intent.
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Frequently Asked Questions About The Church Farm Craft Company
The Church Farm Craft Company is based on Church Farm in Barlow, a small village in Derbyshire. The distillery produces nano-batch gin in a solar-powered farm distillery, with all bottles hand-labelled and hand-finished on site. The Church Farm Shop is open to visitors on selected days each week.
Three things set the Church Farm range apart. First, the scale: every expression is made in very small quantities at the farm distillery, with hands-on attention given to each bottle through hand-labelling and hand-finishing. Second, the botanicals: key ingredients are foraged from the Peak District landscape and grown on the farm wherever possible, giving each expression a genuine sense of local provenance. Third, the physical bottle: each Peak Heritage bottle is finished with a luxury double-sided label featuring the Peak District landscape, a double loop of leather, a brass toggle, and a walnut stopper. The overall effect is a product that is handmade in a much more literal sense than most craft spirits brands use the term.
Gin is Dead is a small-batch London Dry Gin from The Church Farm Craft Company and the most deliberately uncompromising expression in the range. The name is a provocation and a statement of intent: a multi-award-winning classic London Dry built on 11 botanicals including ginger, meadowsweet, pink peppercorn, and citrus, with no flavouring, no colouring, no shimmer, no sweetening. Produced in single-shot batches of 90 to 95 bottles, each hand-finished. The bottle features a manga-based design with the kanji symbol for death and an elaborate double-tied neck piece using different thickness twines: one of the most distinctive bottles in the Digital Distiller range and a memorable gift for any gin lover or collector. View Gin is Dead here.
Looking for something similar? White Peak Distillery in Cromford, Derbyshire, is another Peak District producer with a strong sense of place and a commitment to craft. Or browse the full range of beautiful spirits bottles for gift-worthy options across the whole Digital Distiller range.
