Hooting Owl Distillery Tour & Tasting
4.9
101 Ratings
York

Discover Hooting Owl Distillery: Enjoy a guided tour, tastings, and artisan pizza. Uncover the history and savor our Yorkshire spirits.

Duration: 1 hour, 15 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Hooting Owl Distillery York - Distillery Tour and Guided Tasting
    Duration: 1 Hour 15 Minutes
    Price: £30 per person

What’s Included:

  • Enjoy a welcome drink of Hooting Owl gin, rum, or vodka with a mixer of your choice.
  • Embark on a tour of the distillery to learn about the distillation process and discover what makes Hooting Owl unique….
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What's Included
  • Alcoholic beverages
Additional Information

Here’s what’s included

• A welcome Hooting Owl gin, rum or vodka and mixer of your choice.
• A tour of the distillery with one of our Master Distillers.
• Guided tastings of our Yorkshire Gins
• Learn the history and myth of Sir Owlfred Tyton Hodgins and the origins of The Hooting Owl.
• Tasting samples our Hooting Owl Rum & Vodka.
• And enjoy our artisan pizza and platters.

Location
Hooting Owl Distillery York
Rougier Street
Please see a member of staff at the door 15 mins before the start time.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Expedition191668
Nov 22, 2025
Long live Sir Owlfred - Was hosted by Tom - a dedicated, friendly Yorkshire man who has a clear passion for gin. He was educational, humorous and able to make me a gin convert. A fantastic afternoon hic hic Highly recommend
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Holidayhappylady
Nov 21, 2025
Gintastic experience! A gem in York - What a gintastic time we had! The tour was excellent, starting with a wonderful welcome drink which was so very good. A fun and interesting tour of the distillery with Tom who was very passionate and knowledgeable about the gins and the whole process of making it. Then came the tasting which was fabulous, lots of samples again guided by Tom with plenty of humour thrown in. With only us and one other couple ( who we also had a great laugh with and even bumped into one another at a shop sampling of the gin the next day too! 😂 We clearly still wanted to sample more!) The session finished with a lovely gift to take home and a final drink of our choice and of course a couple of purchases to take away at a discounted rate. All of this in a beautiful setting with a cosy attractive lounge with so much to see. As a non gin drinker I loved the sampling session and may just be a convert!
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Explorer47616724298
Nov 7, 2025
Gin tasting - Fab afternoon with Tom ore guide. Very knowledgeable .well worth a trip . Great for a group of ladies and friends . Hiccup hiccup 😁
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Stinkypete156
Nov 6, 2025
'Hoot Hoot' - Had a great time here. Its a very small operation that produces the best Gin and Vodka I have ever had! Tom our tour guide was excellent. He allowed us to pour our own tasters of the gin and vodka for me. I seem to have a bit brain fog later on in the night.... The prices are very reasonable for the centre of York. We went away and came back (after visiting the dungeon). We still got our drinks, access to the pizza deal, had a good time and met Dom the owner. Nice guy who is making excellent alcohol! We came home yesterday and we have already recommended the tour to most people we have met! Thanks for hosting us, from beginning to end it was a fantastic experience. They engraved Gin balloons were the finishing touch.
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Danielhu1112bb
Nov 5, 2025
I had a great time - Fun, informative, Tom, the guide, was really informative and friendly. The staff in general were friendly and clearly had knowledge and passion for their industry. I woukd recommend to anyone
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Herbiegoesbanana
Nov 2, 2025
Brilliant way to spend an afternoon - would definitely recommend! - Really good and informative tour of the distillery followed by lots of gin tasting. The whole place was very welcoming and our host for the session was brilliant. He was very knowledgeable on the different gins and had a sense of humour too. Would definitely recommend this to any gin lover (but make sure you have eaten first!)
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M_rockatanski
Oct 31, 2025
Great place, great food. - Really nice place, big leather armchairs, feels very relaxing. Cocktails great value at a tenner, I had one with whisky and butterscotch, really tasty. Food - had some bar snacks. The olives with garlic were really nice (and I don't even like green olives!!), and you must try the Serrano crisps!!
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Michael
Oct 30, 2025
An outstanding gin tasting experience - This distillery/bar is outstanding. If you love gin, I highly recommend this establishment. We did the tour with the gin sampling, and it was so much fun! The experience started with a welcome drink, followed by a guided tour explaining the distilling process. We then headed upstairs to sample a variety of their gins. Then to top it off we all received gin glasses with our names etched on. The guide, Tom, really made the whole tour. He was so entertaining, and you could tell he was passionate about the gins. After the tour, we stayed for some food, which was spot on. We had the two-pizza deal for £13. The seating was really comfortable, and the place had a cosy, welcoming feel. The staff truly made the Hooting Owl a place I would happily return to again and again, and of course, the gin was fantastic!
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Traveler467415
Oct 29, 2025
Distillery and tasting tour - Line your stomach before you do the tour! Tom was a great host. Very knowledgeable and funny. Excellent value. Certainly something you could do more than once.
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207even
Oct 25, 2025
Great experience - Amazing experience. Mark, our host was a great story teller. We thoroughly enjoyed the entire experience and will return. We are now £300 lighter, for all the right reasons of buying such a great product!
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