Drink Experimentation Workshop

I'm Geoff Lodge, co-founder of Still Life Gin — a science-led craft distillery in Frome, Somerset, run by two former engineers who swapped spreadsheets for spirits.

What makes us unusual is how we make gin. Rather than distilling all botanicals together into one fixed flavour, we distil each one separately — juniper, citrus, herbs, spices, flowers — and blend them afterwards. It means gin, for us, is less a recipe to follow and more a palette to play with. It's a genuinely different craft, and it's what lets us do something almost no other distillery can: put the botanicals directly into people's hands and let them create their own.

That's the heart of the experience we bring to teams. It's hands-on and sensory rather than high-energy or competitive — people slow down, explore the botanicals by nose and taste, and get absorbed in building something that's entirely their own. Groups tend to connect over the process in a calm, unforced way, and everyone leaves with a bottle of gin they made themselves.

Our own gins hold IWSC Silver medals across the range, and we collaborate with the University of Bath's Chemical Characterisation Facility on the science of flavour — so there's real depth beneath the enjoyment. We've delivered the experience for corporate teams already and are looking to bring it to more, through partners whose values around connection and wellbeing align with ours.