Liquids Developer
As our Liquid Developer, you’ll help shape what’s next, transforming ideas, trends, and flavours into products that stand out on shelves and behind bars globally.
At Quintessential Brands Group, we are proud to continue the legacy of Thomas Dakin, the visionary who pioneered quality English gin in 1761. Today, our award-winning portfolio spans iconic names like Greenall’s, Opihr, Thomas Dakin, The Dubliner, and Chamère, our exciting new venture in the world of RTD cocktails.
A Taste of the Job
If you’re passionate about flavour, innovation, and bringing new drinks concepts to life, this is your opportunity to join the team behind some of the world’s most exciting spirits brands.
As our Liquid Developer, you’ll become part of the Liquid Development Team within our New Product Development function, helping shape the next generation of spirits, liqueurs, RTDs, and non-alcoholic drinks. Based in Warrington and reporting to the Master Distiller, you’ll work across the full liquid development cycle, from initial concept and customer workshops through to production launch.
Working with both major retailers and independent customers, you’ll create and refine liquids using distillation techniques and natural flavours, translating market trends and customer briefs into commercially successful products. This is a hands-on, fast-paced role where creativity, technical understanding, and attention to detail all come together.
Your Impact Will Include
Liquid Development & Innovation
Develop liquids to meet customer and brand briefs, both independently and collaboratively.
Create and refine products across white spirits, brown spirits, liqueurs, RTDs, and non-alcoholic drinks.
Translate customer and tasting feedback into improved formulations while maintaining project timelines.
Participate in customer workshops to accelerate development and strengthen collaboration.
Explore new botanicals, flavours, and market trends to identify future opportunities and innovation gaps.
Product & Production Support
Transfer approved recipes into Business Central, raising ingredient and recipe codes.
Support first production runs, ensuring standards, specifications, and quality requirements are met.
Conduct shelf-life and nutritional testing where required.
Collate specifications for raw ingredients used across products.
Compliance & Standards
Ensure all liquids meet legal, technical, and customer requirements.
Support customer and third-party audits within the production environment.
Create and maintain SOPs and work instructions to support ongoing development work.
A Flavour of the Business
At Quintessential Brands, we proudly continue the legacy of Thomas Dakin, the visionary who pioneered quality English gin in 1761. Today, our award-winning portfolio spans iconic names like Greenall’s, Opihr, Thomas Dakin, The Dubliner, and Chamère, alongside innovative new products developed for customers across the globe.
We’re a unique blend, combining centuries of distilling heritage with entrepreneurial ambition and modern innovation. Our teams work in a lean, agile environment where ideas move quickly, and creativity is encouraged.
Joining QB, as we’re known to our friends, means getting hands-on, experimenting boldly, and helping shape the future of flavour.
The Perfect Serve – A Bit About You
You’re curious, creative, and technically minded, with a genuine passion for flavour and drinks innovation. You enjoy working at pace, juggling multiple projects, and turning concepts into commercially viable products.
You will bring:
An exceptional palate and strong interest in spirits and flavour development.
Ability to manage multiple projects and timelines simultaneously.
Strong attention to detail and a practical approach to problem-solving.
Confidence working independently and collaboratively across teams.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Understanding/interest in alcoholic beverage production techniques.
FMCG experience is advantageous.
Science degree or relevant industry experience preferred.
WSET Spirits qualification advantageous.
The Garnish – Benefits That Come With the Role
We know innovation starts with great people. That’s why we offer:
Competitive salary
Company pension scheme
Annual bonus opportunity
25 days holiday plus bank holidays
Staff product allowance and discounts
The opportunity to work on exciting innovation projects within a growing global spirits business
- Team
- Innovation
- Locations
- G&J Distillers (Warrington)
- Yearly salary
- £28,392
- Employment type
- Full-time
Our Culture - The Essence of Quintessential Brands
We're an 'all hands on deck' kind of place where you'll have the opportunity to get involved in end to end projects, implement systems and process. We're fast, agile and entrepreneurial but, most importantly, our people are at the heart of what we do.
While we do work hard, we do it with a sense of fun, pride and passion that you won't find anywhere else.
Are you never shaken and very rarely stirred? More Cosmopolitan than Old Fashioned? Approach everything you do with a dash of creativity and a squeeze of positivity? Then we need you!
About Quintessential Brands Group
Established in 2011, Quintessential Brands Group is one of the most successful spirits companies to emerge from the UK in the last decade. The company offers a complete range of services and products to its customers across the world; producing and distributing some of the world's most-loved spirits brands, including Greenall's, the Original London Dry Gin, Opihr Spiced Gin and BLOOM Gin, as well as developing and producing some of the most commercially successful retailer brands of recent years for trade customers, and co-packing for some of the world’s most well-known spirits brands.
Recognised by the industry as International Spirits Challenge Gin Distiller of the Year five times in the last six years, Quintessential Brands is renowned for its unrivalled gin distilling capabilities heritage dating back to 1761 and is emerging as one of the most dynamic new entrants in the Irish whiskey market with the Dublin Liberties Distillery. With world-class product development and manufacturing at four world-class production sites across Europe and an award-winning premium brand portfolio comprised of English Gins, Irish Whiskeys, Irish Creams and Liqueurs, Quintessential Brands is committed to being the indispensable spirits partner of choice to its customers across the world, with customers and insights at the heart of everything we do.