Contract Bottling
South Wales' Leading Distillery
We already work with a large number of UK and International brands and offer a full contract bottling service from product development to filling and bottling to packaging and logistics.
- Small Batch
- Flexible production line allowing us to bottle from 5cl to 1.5l
- Batch sizes from 400 to 100,000 bottles
- Capable of a wide spectrum of bottle styles and treatments
- Service includes contract distillations, blending or compounding
- Our distillers can provide a complete NPD service
- Up to 16,000 bottles per day depending on style
- We can work on a full procurement or free issue basis
- Bonded warehouse
Bringing Your Brand To Life
Whether you already have an established brand, or have a brand idea that you are looking to bring to life, the team at Hensol Castle Distillery can help. We currently produce more than 900 different spirits for over 50 customers large and small. We produce Gin, Vodka, Whisky, Rum, Bourbon, Brandy, Liqueurs, Vermouth, and pretty much anything in between.
Compliance
The spirits industry is highly regulated by HMRC. Our team have extensive experience of the sector, and offer compliance support both domestically and for export opportunities. Including this, we can offer customers who are new to the industry, advice on how to navigate the various licencing requirements. We currently export to Europe, the United States of America, Canada, Australia, New Zealand & India.
New Product Development
Our team of 4 distillers, led by our Master Distiller Dai Wakely, can offer full new product development and recipe construction, to a flavour brief. From blending and compounding, through to contract distillation, we have helped our customers win more than 45 industry awards in national and international spirits completions. We work with a number of designers, and can help our customers bring their idea from concept, through to launched finished product.
Supply Chain & Procurement
Our customers have a wide variety of requirements. We can either offer a full procurement service, where we source all components and provide our customer with a finished product, or, work on the basis that all components are provided to us on a free issue basis or anything in between. We stock a variety of base spirits and made wine to cater for the majority of country and age claims needed.
Quality Assurance
Consistency is critical to our customers. We provide products that meet the legal and safety standards of the industry, and deliver our customers’ requirements efficiently and consistently. We are SALSA accredited, and work with our customers to produce robust specification documents that we measure production against.
Manufacturing & Production
We pride ourselves on our flexibility, and can offer solutions to even the most complex package. We can bottle from 5cl to 1.5L, offering the full spectrum of closures and capsules, and provide solutions for even the most complex label requirements.
Warehouse & Distribution
In our addition to our bonded production facility, we have an offsite bonded storage warehouse, and can offer storage for dry goods and bonded wet goods, or finished product.
Certification and Accreditation
We are licenced Distillers, Rectifiers and Compounders; details of our licences, HMRC approvals and SALSA, FDA certifications are available here.
Meet The Team
Chris Leeke – Managing Director
James Lewis – Head of Operations
Dai Wakely – Master Distiller
Nicola Staveley – Financial Controller
Laura Smith – Supply Chain Manager
Dan Lloyd – Production Manager
Andrew Gully – Technical Manager
Nathan Walters – Warehouse Manager
