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Copper Rivet Distillery

Chatham, North Kent

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Copper Rivet is a grain to glass distillery in a historic pumphouse at Chatham Dockyard, making whisky, gin and vodka from Kentish grain. Book a tour and tasting to see the stills and learn how each step shapes the flavour, then stay on for the bar or restaurant. It suits couples and groups of adults and takes one to two hours.

Highlights

  • Masthouse Whisky Tasting and Tour, with a behind-the-scenes look at Pumphouse No. 5
  • Dockyard Gin tasting and a whisky blending experience
  • Grain grown in Kent, often within 20 miles of the distillery
  • An on-site bar and restaurant

Good to know

  • Tour guests get £5 off a 50cl or 70cl bottle of spirits
  • Gift vouchers are available
  • Tastings are for adults of legal drinking age

Getting there

Copper Rivet Distillery, Chatham Historic Dockyard, Chatham, Kent, ME4 4LP

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