Retribution Distilling

Retribution are a small start-up distillery.

A project born from boredom lost at sea for weeks at a time and a passion for botanicals and the art of distilling great spirits.

After spending years at sea working in the oil industry as a Senior Surveyor/Chief Navigator founder Richard Lock was after a career change, so he decided to fuel his passion for distilling.

At sea, time takes on a different meaning. Minutes can blend into hours. Hours slip into days. Days out in the vast, sweeping expanse. They say creativity comes from boredom. In order to pass the time and prevent boredom, sailors perfected the art of making tiny model sailing ships and putting them into bottles.

So like those sailors past using his many hours at sea Richard distilled all his knowledge and passion for the wild sea into his unruly spirits. And just like the sailors of past, we put a ship on the back label so that it's seen as being inside the bottle.

As spirits packaging becomes more and more of a piece of furniture in the owners house to display, this particular piece is displayed on its side just as the ships in bottles were, generating intrigue and taking pride of place on a mantelpiece or drinks trolley.