Blue Slate gin, produced by the Dinorwig Distillery in North Wales, is made using water straight from the hills and distilled only with botanicals and plants that can be grown in the hills of Snowdonia. Jess and Lew set up the distillery in late 2016 at their home, and created their first of many gins to come. Using a still in a shed in their garden, Blue Slate gin is truly small-batch with only a handful of bottles being distilled at a time.

Drawing inspiration from the garden that Jess' mum has tended to for the past 15 years and from the local area's plants, sales from Blue Slate gin will contribute to the work of Plantlife in juniper conversation, which is in decline across the UK.