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20/05/2026

WHAT. A. WEEKEND. 🍸✨

Sussex, you did it.

The Sussex Distillers Festival x Paper Daisy Spring Makers Fair was everything we hoped it would be and more. Brilliant drinks, beautiful makers, live music, sunshine, oysters, cocktails, fizz, rum, gin, cider, beer, cake, and a whole lot of amazingness!

A huge thank you to every single person who came along, bought a drink, chatted to the makers, discovered something new, brought their mates, and helped make the weekend feel so special.

And to our incredible exhibitors, musicians, makers, traders and everyone behind the scenes. THANK YOU.

Now for the little teaser…

Sussex Distiller's Festival is back for Christmas. 🎄🍸

📍 Platf9rm, Hove Town Hall
📅 Saturday 28th November
🕛 12–4pm and 6–10pm
🎟️ Tickets available soon

Think festive drinks, Sussex makers, Christmas shopping, cocktails, gifts, music, and a very merry amount of local spirit.

See you at the bar. Again. 👀🍸

11/05/2026

WHAT A WEEKEND 🥂✨

From all of us at Sussex Distillers Festival and Paper Daisy Spring Makers Fair, thank you SO much to everyone who came, sipped, shopped, chatted, supported local, met the makers, and brought the goodness this weekend.

We are honestly still on cloud 9.

To every single person who walked through the gates, bought a drink, picked up something beautiful from the makers fair, shared a post, brought a friend, or told someone about us, THANK YOU 🖤

This weekend was exactly what we hoped it would be. Brilliant Sussex drinks, gorgeous makers, live music, sunshine, community, and a whole lot of happy people!

A huge thank you from Bryony, Damo and Faye.

You made it what it was.

Big love, big cheers, and see you at the next one 🍸🌸

10/05/2026

🦪 OYSTERS & FIZZ IN THE SUN? GO ON THEN 🥂☀️

The vibes this weekend at the Sussex Distillers Festival have been absolutely fantastic… and a huge part of that has been due to the legends at Riddle & Finns 👏

Freshly shucked oysters. Ice cold fizz. Sunshine pouring. People living their BEST lives 🍾✨

It’s giving seaside indulgence. It’s giving “just one more”. It’s giving Sussex at its absolute finest 🖤

And the BEST bit? You can wander from oysters and Champagne straight into cocktails, local spirits, live music and the beautiful Spring Makers Fair with Paper Daisy Events 🌸🍸
Honestly… this weekend has been AMAZING!

We're doing it all again today at the British Engineerium with

10.30-5pm!
Free entry

10/05/2026

☀️ DAY ONE WAS PURE MAGIC ☀️

Yesterday absolutely blew us away 🖤
The sun was shining, the cocktails were FLOWING, the music was vibing, and the British Engineerium was packed with people eating, drinking, crafting and having the best time together 🍸✨

Sussex you were INCREDIBLE!

From award-winning spirits and local beer to oysters, cake, live music and incredible makers, the whole place just felt alive all day long 👏

A massive thank you to every single person who came down, supported local businesses, brought their mates, drank in the sunshine and made the atmosphere what it was 🥹

And HUGE love to Paper Daisy Events for bringing the beautiful Spring Makers Fair magic alongside us too 🌸✨ The mix of craft fair meets drinks festival has been SUCH a vibe.

BUT… we go again 👀🔥
It’s DAY TWO of the Sussex Distillers Festival x Paper Daisy Spring Fair and we’re ready to do it all over again 🍹

📍 British Engineerium, Hove
⏰ 10:30am - 5pm
🎟️ FREE ENTRY
See you at the bar 🍸

10/05/2026

🍸 PART TWO. BECAUSE ONE REEL WASN’T ENOUGH 🍸

Honestly… what a weekend this is turning into 🥹✨
More cocktails. More sunshine. More incredible people discovering just how GOOD Sussex drinks really are 👏

Watching everyone wandering between the bars, finding new favourites, dancing to the music, shopping the beautiful craft fair, sitting in the sun with oysters and fizz… THIS is exactly what we dreamed the Sussex Distillers Festival could feel like 🖤

The distillers have absolutely smashed it too. The level of cocktails, passion and creativity this weekend has been unreal 👀🔥

And alongside all the drinks magic, the gorgeous Spring Makers Fair from Paper Daisy Events has brought such an amazing atmosphere to the whole venue 🌸✨

Sussex. You’ve been iconic.
Now… who’s recovering today then?

09/05/2026

All our lovely drink producers are set up and ready to welcome you! Expect gin, rum, vodka, brandy, vermouth and cocktails!

Plus oysters and cake, of course!

Come down to the British Engineerium and join us!

08/05/2026

🚨 IT’S TOMORROW 🚨

Damo and Faye are officially at the British Engineerium setting up for what is going to be one AWESOME of a weekend 🍸🔥

The bars are coming in.
The makers are getting ready.
The music is lined up.
The oysters are on standby.
The drinks are about to start flowing.

And honestly? We are SO EXCITED!

This weekend we’re bringing together 14 brilliant bars, Sussex drinks producers, live demos, music, cocktails, beer, cider, wine, rum, vermouth, oysters, cake, good people and proper festival vibes!

No tickets.
No faff.
Just come down, grab a glass, meet the makers, and make a weekend of it.

🍹 Sussex Distillers Festival x Paper Daisy Spring Makers Fair
📍 British Engineerium, Hove
📅 Saturday 9th & Sunday 10th May
⏰ 10:30am to 5pm
🎟️ FREE ENTRY

See you at the bar 🖤🍸

08/05/2026

🥃 FROM BUILDING SITES TO BOTANICALS 🥃

We couldn’t do a Sussex Distillers Festival line-up without DedBest Distillery… mainly because Damian is one half of the chaos behind the whole thing 👀🔥

Based at Crockstead Farm, just north of Lewes, these boys are bringing proper Sussex countryside energy to the bar 🌿

Expect their beautifully balanced Contractor’s Classic Dry Gin, led by hibiscus flower and lemongrass, plus their seriously smooth charcoal filtered vodka, made using Sussex oak charcoal.

What I LOVE about DedBest is that it’s got proper graft behind it. Two construction lads who went from building sites to botanicals, and somehow ended up building one of the most exciting little distilleries in Sussex.

Without Damian, the festival wouldn’t be what it is. He’s helped shape the festival from day one, so it feels very right to have DedBest back behind the bar where they belong 🖤

Come and raise a glass with the co-founder, the distiller, the troublemaker, and the man who is probably pretending he’s got everything under control.

🍹 Sussex Distillers Festival x Paper Daisy Spring Makers Fair
📍 British Engineerium, Hove
📅 Saturday 9th & Sunday 10th May
⏰ 10:30am to 5pm
🎟️ Free entry

Sussex, come and meet the makers. This one’s personal.

See you at the bar! 🥃✨

08/05/2026

🍋 MELLO CELLO IS COMING TO THE FESTIVAL 🍋

We are VERY excited to welcome back Pick Your Poison to the Sussex Distiller's Festival with their gorgeous small-batch limoncello, Mello Cello 💛

Made in Uckfield, Sussex, using beautiful Italian lemons and naturally sweetened with British honey, this is sunshine in a glass. Bright, zesty, smooth and dangerously easy to love 👀

Serve it straight from the freezer, splash it into a spritz, shake it into a cocktail, pour it over dessert… honestly, there are no bad decisions here 🍋✨

Behind the bottle is Josh, a proper flavour wizard with a background in distilling, cocktails, spirit development and drinks experiences. So, expect serious drinks knowledge, but with very fun festival energy.

If limoncello is your thing, pop over and see Josh at the festival
And if it isn’t yet… give it five minutes at their bar 😏

🍹 Sussex Distillers Festival x Paper Daisy Spring Makers Fair
📍 British Engineerium, Hove
📅 Saturday 9th & Sunday 10th May
⏰ 10:30am to 5pm
🎟️ Free entry

Come for the Sussex drinks.
Stay for the Mello Cello moment 💛

See you at the bar! 🍸

07/05/2026

⚡THE CUSTOM SPIRIT CO ⚡️

If you like your spirits bold, fun and a little bit different… these are your people 👀

The Custom Spirit Co are joining us at the Sussex Distillers Festival with their seriously creative line-up of craft spirits, from smooth spiced rums and floral gins to flavour combinations that genuinely stop you in your tracks 🍹🔥

What I LOVE about these guys is they don’t play it safe.
This is a brand built around curiosity, big flavour and pushing things way beyond your standard “same old” bottle on the shelf.

Think Raspberry Ripple Rum. Sicilian Sunshine Gin. Caramel Coast. Flower Power. Honestly… the names alone are enough to lure you in 😭

Based near Horsham, these guys have built a proper following with their unique spirits, striking bottles and award-winning blends, and now you get to try them for yourself 🖤

🍸 Sussex Distillers Festival x Paper Daisy Spring Makers Fair
📍 British Engineerium, Hove
📅 Saturday 9th & Sunday 10th May
⏰ 10:30am – 5pm
🎟️ FREE ENTRY

Come for “just one drink”. Leave carrying bottles 😏

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Brighton And Hove

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