Still Wild is a micro distillery set in the Pembrokeshire National Park, specialising in distilling locally foraged botanicals. We’re utterly obsessed with flavour, and wanted to share the tastes of our wild surroundings. In 2020 we launched our first product, and the first ever Vermouth produced in Wales. For us it was important to make something that was truly a product of its surroundings. By hand foraging the botanicals that go into every bottle we ended up with a completely unique product that’s still very much a Vermouth. We do all the production ourselves in house, and by using cold vacuum distillation we’re able to capture far more flavour than traditional distillation. We’ve been fortunate to win a number of awards, and earlier this year one of our Vermouths was voted second globally at the World Vermouth Awards. We’ve recently expanded our collection to include our Coastal Gin and Oyster Shell Vodka!

What do you produce?

Vermouth, Gin and Vodka!

Where do you source your ingredients / materials from?

Most of our ingredients are hand foraged in Pembrokeshire, by our head distiller and the rest of the team at the distillery. We work with Cafe Mor, Pembrokeshire Beach Food Company to source much of our seaweed. Their brilliant business shares our ethos of sustainably foraging wild ingredients. Once picked, the botanicals are carefully picked over and hand processed. Each botanical is individually infused in spirit. To release the best flavours, each plant requires a different percentage of alcohol. These are left to steep for anything between an afternoon and six weeks. This balance requires a lot of patience and iteration, which can be time consuming. We did 57 tests just in the seaweed family alone! Depending on the ingredient, these are either blended straight into the Vermouth, or they are distilled. A key ingredients in our vermouth is our own caramel. We produce it all ourselves so we can get exactly the right caramelisation. A very light touch for the dry vermouth, just enough to bring out notes of straw and honey. For the sweet vermouth we singe the caramel until its just shy of burnt. This gives us a much richer and darker flavour, almost bitter.

Why do your customers love your products?

Our customers love that our botanicals are foraged right here in Pembrokeshire!

What are your best selling products?

Our Sweet Vermouth

Where can we buy your products?

On our website www.stillwilddrinks.com

Are you open for visitors? If yes, what are your opening hours?

During the summer months we open for pop up cocktail events which will be advertised closer to the time.

Have you received any awards / lovely recommendations from experts (don't be shy!)?

Most recently our Oyster Shell Vodka received a Two Star Great Taste Award, our Sweet Vermouth and Coastal Gin have previously been awarded this too!

Do you sell wholesale? If so how do we get in touch with you to discuss further?

Yes, please email james@stillwilddrinks.com to discuss this.

Who's the best local producer near you (except you of course!)?

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Website

www.stillwilddrinks.com

Address Summary

The Jersey Cowshed, Cresselly House, Kilgetty, SA68 0SP