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The Botanical Distilling Lab
A distiller demystifies the still, then teams select botanicals — juniper, citrus, spice, herbs — and distill a small batch of their own gin (or rum) on a mini copper still, tasting the new-make spirit and bottling a labeled result to take home.
Why It Bonds
Choosing a botanical recipe together is a fast round of playful negotiation, and watching your own spirit run off the still is a shared payoff moment; each team leaves with a bottle only they could have made.
Running at Scale
Mini copper stills serve pods of 5–6; scale by adding stills and a botanicals library, staggering the distillation runs while other teams do the guided botanical tasting.
Best Venue Settings
coastalcountrysideurbanislandtropical
Where to Do It
London England, Caribbean rum distilleries, Pacific Northwest craft distilleries