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What is Easter Gin?Easter Gin is any gin with flavours of either chocolate or hot cross buns. Chocolate Eggs ... and Chocolate Gin? Easter time is definitely the time for overindulging chocolate - with Easter eggs the most popular treat on Easter Sunday. But there are quite a few chocolate or cocoa gins on the market now. These include York Gin Chocolate & Orange, a gold medal winner at the New York Spirits Competition. York has a history of chocolate making going ba …

As the autumn nights grow longer, the ghosts in Europe’s most haunted city begin to stir.The visitors on the ghost walks are a little more nervous, shadows appear around every corner - and in the pubs and bars, locals turn to York Gin.Especially in the York Gin shop’s neighbour, the Golden Fleece, with the 15 ghosts that have been spotted there over the centuries.The Chocolate & Orange Halloween gin is most definitely a treat.Nine classic botanicals dating back to the 18th Century Gin Craze alon …

York Gin has been named ‘England Gin Distillery of the Year’ at the New York International Spirits Competition 2021.York Gin Chocolate & Orange also won a gold medal - its first since it was launched just before Christmas.The competition received over 1,400 entries from 39 countries. It is respected around the world because all its judges work in the spirits trade full time so they have a clear understanding of what customers want.'Carrying the flag for Yorkshire'Our Master Distiller Harry …