Rademon Estate Distillery
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In establishing Rademon Estate Distillery, Fiona & David Boyd-Armstrong created Northern Ireland’s first Craft Distillery. The inspiration came from Fiona’s passion to rekindle the lost art of distilling in Northern Ireland.
Shortcross Gin takes it’s name from their local village, Crossgar. In Gaelic or Irish, Crossgar means the “Short Cross”, so they are proud to have their village name on each and every bottle they produce.
Each Batch of Shortcross Gin is distilled in their unique Pot Column Stills. Their original still is a 450L Copper Pot-Column Still with two seven plate enrichment columns. The still was crafted by Christian Carl to their bespoke specification. In early 2018 the distillery commissioned a new 1,071L Copper Pot-Column Still to allow the development of new and exciting gin products.
Rademon Estate Distillery
Ballynahinch Road,
Crossgar
Downpatrick
BT30 9HS
Northern Ireland
Rademon Estate Distillery is open to the public
Rademon Estate Distillery
At Rademon Estate Distillery they are proud to be Northern Ireland’s First Award Winning Craft Distillery. Their small batch philosophy ensures that every aspect of their gin meets their exacting Read more
Smooth and Floral
Shortcross Gin
Northern Ireland’s first premium craft gin, Shortcross gin began as the brainchild of David Boyd-Armstrong, owner of the Rademon Estate in Northern Ireland. This small batch philosophy ensures that every Read more
Fiona Boyd-Armstrong, Rademon Estate
The Rademon Estate is one of Ireland’s oldest and, thanks to husband and wife team David and Fiona Boyd-Armstrong, it is now the home of Shortcross Gin. We talk to Fiona about their exciting journey. What made you set up your own distillery? “I had always wanted to open a distillery at my family home, Rademon Estate, but when I Read more