Tony Hobbs
We create premium gins, vodkas, and rums in our craft distillery. It''s a fabulous way to spend time!
We are a small craft distillery on the rural North Shropshire / Staffordshire border, making award winning gins, vodkas, and rums. We focus on creating premium products and can offer a bespoke distillation service for companies or individuals.
Our award winning 'Round the Garden' gin, which gained Bronze in the prestigious World Gin Awards 2022, develops slowly across the palate. Hibiscus, honeysuckle, marjoram, jasmine and other botanicals gently emerge from this fine drink. Although gin is made from vodka (no, we too only learnt that when researching this venture!), we distil a very special vodka from our gin! Beautifully smooth, and unique. Our rum is a gently spiced white rum, and delivered at a bracingly genuine Navy Strength of 57% abv. That's quite enough to blister the barnacles off any lolloping landlubber's sailing dinghy!
And, when we were challenged to produce something red, white and blue for an RAF summer ball, we developed a cool 40% Blue Bubblegum gin along with a reddish pink Seaside Rock gin, also at 40% abv. A crazy idea we thought, but blimey they do go down a treat! And the white? That was our premium floral gin.
What has the BNI done for my business
BNI brought about the very existence of my company. It all started when one of my Chapter colleagues brought along a visitor who sold Stills . . . I went along to have a look, thinking a friend with a brewery could be interested.
When I saw what was on offer, a career changing seed began to form in my mind . . . and a while later I opened my own distillery. Now THAT was one hell of a powerful one to one!
How I value BNI membership
See 'What BNI has done for my business' above. You can never know what hidden benefits bringing along a visitor will have for others.
Testimonials
By: Helen Bancroft-Morris (HBM Telemarketing) 04/02/2021
What can you say...if you are looking for an amazing craft vodka look no further than Tranquil Still. I bought Tony's vodka - a beautiful peppery delicious flavour with a great kick. Enjoy.
By: John Hollins (The Specs Place) 24/06/2020
As a healthcare practice it is very important to ensure infection control and good health and safety practices always, but moreso during the Covid-19 pandemic. Tony at Tranquil Still changed his business completely during the pandemic to supply hand sanitiser to people to allow them to safely sanitise their hands and continue working as normal.
The hand sanitiser is 80% alcohol as per WHO gold standard - where most of the sanitisers out there are 70% and I have seen a rise of the 60% or less versions available during the pandemic (which I assume is just to make money off people desperate for sanitiser as it is not up to standard for killing bacteria and viruses). Being at 80% the hand sanitiser is the best hand sanitiser I have ever had in my optical practice The Specsplace in Longton. I feel very safe now being able to offer all my patients effective infection control immediately on entering the practice keeping them, my staff and myself safe.
I cannot speak highly enough of Tony and Tranquil Still for the work he has done during the pandemic ensuring extremely high quality hand sanitiser is made to ensure people's safety as there are so many inferior products popping up now praying on people's need for sanitiser.
Tranquil Still does the best hand sanitiser going - so if you need some contact Tony at Tranquil Still!
Thank you for your great work
John at The Specsplace
By: Karl Newton (Cartridge Cosmos) 17/06/2020
Since the Covid-19 pandemic, Tony has legally, turned his gin distilling skills to making much need handed sanitiser. Sourcing this has been an expensive process for The Cartridge Cosmos shop. After talking to Tony, I was able to arrange to collect 5lts of his finest, whilst socially distancing. I really was, pleasantly surprized just how good it is. It's been decanted into spray bottles for use on the counter and when out delivering. Thanks for a great product Tony, adaptation at it's very best. I will do my best to get you referrals to other contacts
Karl Newton, Cartridge Cosmos Ltd
June 17, 2020
By: Julia Donaldson (Sempar Accountancy & Tax Ltd) 01/02/2019
Tony Hobbs
Utility Warehouse
01.02.2019
I approached Tony because I had recently moved home and wanted to enquire about moving provider.
Tony helped me with a professional and prompt customer service, which included an onsite free of charge consultation and he provided me tremendous feedback on the best options for me.
The switch over was straightforward, we received energy saving bulbs throughout the property and they even paid my mobile phone termination fee, and we had no loss of internet service, which kept the family happy too!
The result was great savings and one uncomplicated readable bill.
Thank you very much Tony I will be highly recommending you in the future.
Julia Donaldson
JMD Bookkeeping
By: Jan McKeown (Envirovent) 14/06/2017
Tony has been absolutely brilliant and has resolved a potential issue I could have with Utility Warehouse and an unexpected bill. He was able to resolve extremely quickly using his very calm and reasonable manner and determined, along with the helpful people at Utility Warehouse, that I had inadvertently provided (or not provided as the case maybe) information to them that had then caused an incorrect bill to be generated. Am really impressed at how quickly Tony acted once he found out about my problem and that it was sorted there and then. Tony's after sales service shows itself to be every bit as good as the care he takes in enrolling new Utility Warehouse Club members and ensuring that they get the best deal for their circumstances. Cant thank Tony enough.
By: Diane Sokolyk (Diamic Edge) 08/06/2017
Tony has been super when advising and helping us change energy, telephone and mobile providers to UW. All through the process he was there to support and help and always makes sure he answers queries straightaway for us.
He is a pleasure to do business with and has advised us on how to get the maximum reductions in costs right from the start! Thank you Tony for introducing us to UW. We are converts! 😊
Di & Mike Sokolyk
By: Craig Tiley (Signs Express Stoke on Trent) 07/06/2017
My next door neighbour at work was talking about how he is being charged over the odds for his utilities, I told him that i knew a chap (Tony) that could pop by and have a chat with him to see if he can help.
He called Tony and arranged a meeting. My next door neighbour then popped his head in a couple of days later and thanked me for linking him to Tony as he had saved a massive 40% on his bills for his unit!
He also told me that he has invited Tony to his home to look at further savings he could make with his household utilities!
It is a very good feeling when you can help somebody and Tony bases his business on that model. I would gladly recommend Tony again!
By: Glynn Buckley (Leadbeater & Kay Solicitors Limited) 15/03/2017
Tony recently introduced me to Utility Warehouse.
A great no pressure review of the potential for great cost savings. A great service.
All the best
Glynn Buckley [15 March 2017]
By: Andrew Smy (Peak Chiropractic) 22/02/2017
Tony is very passionate about his mission to save as many people as much money as possible! This is certainly something he achieved with myself and it was a painless process to boot! You would have to mad not to discuss your utility bills with this man!
By: Mike Skucha (SEI Electrical Contractors Ltd) 22/02/2017
Tony just about to save us hundreds of pound on our water rates, after dealing with other utility companies in the past i can only say this process was so painless I cant describe . .Thanks again and I look forward to receiving the updated electricity costs when we approach our current contract end.
