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Stradivarius Gin to be won by best-dressed punter as famous horse attempts record at city’s racecourseYork Gin have made a unique ‘Stradivarius Edition’ bottle of gin to mark the famous racehorse’s attempt to win for a seventh time in a row at the city’s Ebor Festival on Friday.The bottle of York Gin London Dry has a specially-printed label in the horse’s famous yellow and black colours. Engraving is by York's PurePalletsYork Racecourse is asking fans to come along wearing outfits inspired by th …

York Gin has had a Yorkshire Day to remember - with all four gins we entered into the Great Taste Awards winning stars in the prestigious tasting competition.York Gin London Dry won two stars, described as ‘above and beyond delicious’. Only around 9% of entries were awarded a Great Taste two stars.York Gin Old Tom, Outlaw Navy Strength and Chocolate & Orange gins each won a star for their ‘fantastic flavour’. The results announcement on 1 August coincides with Yorkshire Day. Over 14,000 prod …

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 …