10 Food & Drink in South West England That You Shouldn't Miss

Established in 1875, this independent family owned brewery is steeped in history, heritage & traditional skills, as well as a wide collection of carefully hand crafted ales. Our Visitor Centre & Brewery Shop is open Monday to Saturday from 9am-5pm (except bank holidays), and is well stocked with your favourite Wadworth ales and gifts. The Harness Room Bar is open from 12noon - 4.30pm Monday to Saturday (closed on bank holidays). **Please note that guided tours are currently unavailable**

After a short break we are delighted to be opening again for Brewery Tours from 21st June 2021. Our draught ales win awards. Beer drinkers love them. They love the distinctive taste and delicious character. And the refreshing, thirst-quenching qualities of Palmers’ traditional ales. They love the fact we’re among the UK’s very best small independent brewers – and that we’ve been brewing fine ales non-stop since 1794. The original Old Brewery at Bridport in West Dorset is where we still work to traditional methods with the finest ingredients. Methods and ingredients that have built our reputation over 200 years. Today, we skilfully blend these best brewing rules with scientific systems, to create five quality ales for the 21st century.

Independent Craft Brewery selling our own award-winning beers in bottle, mini-keg and cask. Shop and bar available all day. Tours and Brew Day experiences available by appointment.

Hillside Brewery is an exciting, family owned and run Gloucestershire brewery,built on traditional skills and values. We pride ourselves in producing high quality ales in small batches using traditional methods and the finest ingredients from around the world. Using methods which have been developed and mastered over a lifetime, we want to change people's perception of beer.

We are craft cidermakers, trading from our working farm just outside of Langport. You will be made most welcome to visit us at the "shack"where you you can simply come and sit down for a drink or two from our fully stocked bar with something for everyone. If you are unable to stay for a while, we have a shop where you are able to sample and buy from our Range of Award Winning Ciders, Apple Juice, Cider Vingear, Locally made Jams, Marmalade, Chutney, Honey, Various Cheeses, Eggs and other seasonal produce. We have recently opened a cafe/bar which serves delicious home made cakes, bacon baps and coffee daily from 10am and delicious lunches including cheese or ham ploughman’s or panini’s, we have a fully licensed bar which is open daily also.

6 O’clock Gin Distillery Tours are perfect if you want to see ‘behind the scenes’ at a working distillery and experience the sights, smells and flavours of our working week. Your guides will conduct you around the building and show you some of the secrets and techniques that go into the distillation of 6 O’clock Gin and Bramley & Gage fruit liqueurs. Tours take place at 11.30, 14:00 and 17:15 every Saturday and last for around 1 ½ hours. Tickets cost £25 and include a perfect serve of 6 O’clock Gin & Tonic when you arrive as well as various samples of our delicious drinks throughout the tour. To ensure a personalised and informative experience, we aim to limit each tour to 16 people. While we try to accommodate all guests, we unfortunately don’t possess a lift to take guests to the second floor. The minimum age for admission to the premises is 18 years (we don’t have a maximum). We don't offer tours during the week, but our shop is open Mon-Fri 9am to 5pm

Home to our Victuallers shop, award winning Gin School, Distillery & Bar, Salcombe Distilling Co. is nestled amongst traditional boat builders on Island Street Salcombe. As one of the world's only distilleries directly accessible by boat, SDCo continues Salcombe's legacy of producing outstanding handcrafted products made with an unrivalled passion, care and attention to detail.