The Vicar’s Gin Bar returns for 2025 courtesy of Urmston’s Prairie Schooner Taphouse.
Savour six distinctive gins, each with its own unique flavour profile, all distilled in our vicinity.
Follow our recommendations for a garnish, or be creative with your own combinations.
You’ll find the bar at the left hand side of the Cider & Perry. Just look for the man in black 🙂
DRY – Stockport: Original
Juniper and locally foraged pine needles provide punch, while coriander seeds and cardamom pods add subtle spice. Visit their distillery and shop on Petersgate in the centre of Stockport, where they offer tours
and host events.
Garnish with herbs and citrus.
CITRUS – Emerald: Valencian Orange
Bright, zesty and juicy: this gin could have been pinched from Paddington’s pocket, it’s so full of
sticky marmalade goodness. A premium spirit distilled in Heald Green.
Garnish with berries and citrus.
FRUITY – The Edge: Fruits of the Forest
Abundant berries with a hint of spice: pinkies up for a summer cup! Join their gin school in the countryside near Congleton for afternoon tea and distil your own creation.
Garnish with berries and citrus.
HERBAL – Three Wrens: Bison Grass
A summer meadow in a glass! Made with apple mint, lemon thyme and sweet bison grass grown on the
distillery grounds. The distillery hosts tastings, tours and gin-making experiences near Cholmondeley
castle.
Garnish with cucumber.
SPICY – Greenalls: Thomas Dakin
A traditional juniper-led gin enlivened by horseradish and peppercorns. Founded in 1761 by Thomas Dakin, Greenalls of Warrington remains England’s oldest gin distillery.
Serve with herbs and citrus
FLORAL – Capesthorne: Rhubarb & Lavender
Delicate, perfumed herbs meet tangy rhubarb in this moreish gin. Housed in a converted barn on the Capesthorne Hall estate, the Cheshire Distillery welcomes visitors to tour the distillery and to meet their copper still, Penelope.
Garnish with herbs and berries.
Prosecco and wine are also available on this bar
