The London Bridge Distillery School can be booked privately by groups of up to 18 people for team building, brand presentations, tastings, workshops and product launches. Guests work with real stills and cask samples rather than sitting through a talk. The school is at 88 Borough High Street in London Bridge, inside The Whisky Exchange, and guests reach it through a bookshelf entrance.
Seminars and company events
The room suits small teams that want a shared activity or a client session with a clear purpose. The school lists brand presentations, team building exercises, bespoke tastings, pop-ups and product launches among the uses of the space. A private booking can follow one of the standard classes, in whisky blending, rum blending or gin distilling, or take a shape the organiser chooses with the team.
Exclusive use of the whole venue is possible. This could be a tailored tasting, a private class, or the room used for a presentation or workshop. Availability and format are agreed by contacting the school directly.
Bespoke gin sessions suit client gifting. A group of up to 16 people works together on a recipe, which is then produced on a larger rectifying still called The Duchess. The session lasts around two and a half hours and finishes with a group tasting to choose the favorite recipe. Every guest leaves with a 50 cl bottle of their creation with a custom label, and the school keeps the recipe on record so it can be reordered. Batches of up to 60 bottles can be made afterwards for corporate gifts.
Weddings and receptions
The school does not offer wedding hire. Couples do use the bespoke gin service to create a favor for guests, with batches of up to 60 bottles, and the room can host a small private tasting.
Rooms and capacities
There is one room, the Distillery School itself. It holds up to 18 seated guests. It is equipped with 16 micro pot stills and a central 50-liter still. In the two-person experiences, two guests share one still, so a full room of 16 can work at individual stations or in pairs depending on the class.
Catering
The school serves a welcome drink at the start of each experience. After guests have made their own gin, rum or whisky, the team helps them turn it into a bespoke cocktail. The site describes no full catering service or kitchen, so food for a longer event should be raised with the team when requesting a date.
History and setting
The school is hidden inside The Whisky Exchange London Bridge and is presented as an interactive, educational space. Whisky and rum classes use selected cask samples, and the gin classes use sourced botanicals.
Getting there
The address is 88 Borough High Street, London SE1 1LL, close to London Bridge. Contact details for availability are on the school's group booking page.
