Distillery Experiences
Manly Spirits cellar door and distillery bar, located in the heart of Sydney's Northern Beaches, is an all-encompassing space for learning about gin, whisky and cocktails as well as getting down to the important task of enjoying them.
Keen to visit? Here's everything you can experience.
The Distillery Bar
This beautiful, industrial-décor bar with a vista over the resting barrels, is open Thursday – Sunday. It acts very much as a cellar door – drop by with friends (and even your dog) for a post-work Martini or a Saturday afternoon G&T. There's beer, wine, snacks and tasting panels aplenty, whether you fancy a deep-dive into classic gin cocktails, gin and tonics or even the liqueur range here.
Hours: Thursday-Friday 4pm-10pm; Saturday 12-10pm; Sunday 12-6pm.
Gin School
If you've ever wondered how hard it is to make gin, here's your chance to road-test your skills as a distiller. Guests to the gin school will take a tour of gin's long and fraught history, learn both how Manly Spirits makes its gin and what it takes to produce a well-balanced and harmonious palate before using this newly-acquired knowledge to make their own bottle of gin.
With free reign over a mini copper pot still, you'll have an array of botanicals to work with, from Australian native and foraged marine to more traditional citrus, herbal, floral and spice botanicals. Of course, there's a distiller on hand to help ensure you end up with a tasty personal spirit and not an undrinkable flavour bomb.
The Gin School Includes:
- 700ml custom-made bottle of gin to take home
- Manly Spirits Gin and Tonic upon arrival
- Manly Spirits cocktail & antipasto plate
- Education instruction by Manly Spirits distiller with take-home booklet
- An array of local, familiar and exotic botanicals for you to choose from to make your own gin
- Use of mini copper pot still per person
- BYOB – Bring your own botanical! If you have something special, feel free to bring along something you've grown in the garden, or a favourite spice from your travels
- Label, sign, shrink seal your own bottle with your individual tasting note
Gin Distillery Tour & Tasting
As you're reading this on Difford's Guide, we'll assume you're into your spirits and drinks, and there's no better way to experience these things that from the source. We love walking around a distillery, getting to ask questions and seeing the magic up close. No doubt you will too.
This tour and tasting will show you how Manly Spirits make their gins, botanical vodka and liqueurs, from the raw ingredients to the stills and bottling. Taste, touch and get a whiff of all the botanicals used and then settle in for an in-depth tasting experience, to sip and compare.
The Gin Distillery Tour & Tasting includes:
- Guided tour of Manly Spirits distillery
- Tasting of 5 spirit expressions
Book your visit to Manly Spirits.
Gin tour sessions run: Thursday-Friday 5pm; Saturday 2pm and 6pm; Sunday 2pm.
Whisky Distillery Tour & Tasting
Just like the gin version, this tour and tasting focus on production at Manly Spirits, but with a keen eye on whisky. Guests will get to witness firsthand how the Australian single malt whisky is made, from mashing the barley to fermentation, distillation and barrel maturation.
After immersing yourself in all that science and magic, you'll of course get to try some whiskies. Sip, compare and discuss four different styles of whiskies from diverse casks and maturation lengths while you discover your favourite.
The Whisky Distillery Tour & Tasting includes:
- Guided tour of Manly Spirits distillery
- Tasting of 4 whisky expressions
Book your whisky tour and tasting
Whisky tour sessions run: Friday 6pm; Saturday 3pm and 5pm; Sunday 12pm.
Cocktail Masterclasses
With all the great local gin, vodka, whisky and liqueurs coming out of Manly Spirits distillery, it only makes sense that the team here would be cocktail experts. Grab some mates and head down to the distillery bar where you can learn how to shake, stir and strain three signature cocktails, all of which are inspired by native botanicals used in the range from Manly Spirits Co.
The Cocktail Masterclass includes:
- A hands-on cocktail class, making three cocktails with a Manly Spirits twist
- Share nibbles & artisan cheese/antipasto board
Book your cocktail masterclass at Manly Spirits
Cocktail Masterclass runs on Fridays from 7pm-9pm.
Manly Spirits Co.
Status: Operational
Established: 2015
Visitor Policy: Visitors welcome throughout the year
Tel: +61 2 8018 5144
Website: Manly Spirits Co.
Address: 4A/9-13 Winbourne Road, Brookvale, Sydney, NSW, 2100
Established: 2015
Visitor Policy: Visitors welcome throughout the year
Tel: +61 2 8018 5144
Website: Manly Spirits Co.
Address: 4A/9-13 Winbourne Road, Brookvale, Sydney, NSW, 2100
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