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Should you drink or avoid alcohol when it's very hot? The answer is that you should be very careful about getting dehydrated. Make sure you drink plenty of water - and consider avoiding alcohol altogether if the temperatures are really highDuring the very hot weather in summer 2022 we sent out the following advice.We’re taking the unusual step for a gin company to advise you to lay off the G&Ts on Monday and Tuesday.With temperatures in York due to hit up to 39C, we’re advising you all to co …

Our public statement after re-oping following the distillery theft in June 2022Shop for York Gin in our online shopYork Gin - which suffered a major break-in at its distillery in late June - is back up and running. After a ‘monumental’ effort at the Poppleton distillery, the company has now replenished stocks of their range of award-winning gins. This means it is once again fulfilling trade orders, yorkgin.com is back open for business, and the two York Gin shops are open as normal.Thi …

This was out statement in June 2022 after the distillery was broken into.The York Gin Distillery at Poppleton has suffered a break-in.Thankfully, no-one has been hurt.But a very significant quantity of our gins has been stolen. The break-in happened over the weekend.This means orders will be delayed for a little while as we work around the clock, making our gins, then bottling, labelling and packing them.Thank you in advance for your patience as we get ourselves back up and running. Feel free t …

Loud and proud York Pride Limited Edition York Gin is now on sale in the York Gin shops.But hurry - there’s only a limited number of bottles available!The special eye-catching label is based on the Pride flag. We think the bottles look fantastic - we hope you do too!  10% of revenue from sales of these limited edition bottles goes directly to the York Pride charity.The gin is York Gin London Dry - a beautiful, smooth and balanced dry gin.  It's 'perfect', according to the Great Taste …

According to those in the know, the Queen has enjoyed regular gin cocktails during her long reign. Her favourites are reportedly the Dry Martini and the Zaza (Gin and Dubonnet). Speaking about sitting next to the queen at a state banquet, Tom Hanks said: 'I dared to ask the Queen: "What is Her Majesty’s cocktail of choice?’ and she said "Ooh - Martini".' The queen's late cousin Margaret Rhodes said the Queen liked a Martini at lunch. Darren McGrady, the Queen's personal chef in t …