South Gloucestershire

South Gloucestershire offers countryside scenery and historic sites, with local fare including traditional English dishes such as roast dinners and regional cheeses like Gloucestershire cheese.

The George

The George

63 Broad Street, South Gloucestershire, United Kingdom

Cafés • Mexican • Asiatic • Fast Food


"We visited 1439 Cocktail bar for a gin tasting evening in September. The evening cost £10 per person and involved tasting 4 gins and making a gin cocktail. The bar is only small so has a limited number of people it can fit in (around 15 -20) so it is a very popular night and tickets sell out fast. The staff at the bar explained each of the gins, how they are flavoured and some facts about them. The girl presenting didn’t seem very confident and was reading very quickly off cue cards about each gin rather than being engaging, however we spoke to her throughout the night and she was very friendly did have a lot of knowledge about gin it’s a shame she wasn’t able to share it as effectively during the ‘presentation’. She told us which tonic each gin would be paired with and the garnish we should include. It was nice to try all the different types of gin and the different flavours made by the mixture of botanicals. Before the event I didn’t think I liked gin however through this I found it was the tonics I didn’t like therefore I substituted these tonics for lemonade. The cocktail we made was with Gin, Martini rosso, Cranberry juice, sugar water and a raspberry. We were told that it should have more than one raspberry but they didn’t have enough, which I felt was poor planning as the pack they were showing they came out of was from Tesco so they could have easily bought a second one. We were shown how to mix the cocktail and the measures of everything then left to our own devices while the staff circulated to check everyone was ok. To finish the night we were given a goody bag which was a bottle of tonic, some stirrers and a packet of thyme crisps. The event lasted 2 hours (7-9pm) and overall was great fun and I’d definitely recommend looking out for when they hold their next date. I know we will be!"