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Want to know how to make a gin and tonic?You need quality gin and premium tonic, a good quality cold glass, large ice cubes and a garnish that harmonises or balances your G&T. And stir it to ensure consistency of taste.Follow these steps to make a gin and tonic that you'll love:1. Use a top class gin and a top quality mixer. Stint on either, and your G&T won't be great.2. Don't drown the gin with tonic. You can add more mixer but you can't take mixer out!3. Use plenty of ice. Big cu …

What to mix with gin? The obvious answer is tonic water to make a G&T. Remember, if you're drinking a good gin, don't spoil it with cheap tonic! There are lots of tonics on the market - with weird and wonderful flavours to try. Other gin mixers you may want to investigate include: soda water, lemonade, ginger beer (or ale), orange juice and even Coke. And you can also enjoy gin neat without a mixer. The best gins don't need a gin mixer at all.Some advice on mixing your ginOne of the fir …

International Gin & Tonic Day is celebrated around the world on 19 October.Here's an easy guide to make the perfect gin and tonic - the key is quality ingredients.So as well as premium tonic, you need an excellent gin - buy a bottle of our London Dry gin. It's a smooth, rounded and complex London Dry gin that is the perfect gin for a G&T.International G&T DayThis day is inspired by an old American lady whose family sneaked a G&T into hospital for her - and hid it in her …

The search is on for Yorkshire's favourite picnic spot - choose yours and you could win a luxury York Gin & Tonic hamper.We've partnered with Welcome to Yorkshire to find the county's best places to enjoy a picnic.We're celebrating the official launch of York Gin & Tonic cans on World Gin Day (Saturday 12 June).The competition on the Welcome to Yorkshire Facebook page runs from 12 to 30 June. We hope you'll enter!The first prize is a York Gin & Tonic picnic hamper with eight can …

York Gin is launching its brand new G&T in a can in the middle of the current heatwave, and in time for World Gin Day on 12 June.The new cans are perfect for picnics and BBQs. Looking at the weather forecast, there will be plenty of these over the next couple of weeks!The two G&Ts - a classic gin and tonic and a ‘Berry Fizz’ with added natural fruit flavours - use award-winning York Gin London Dry as their base along with a premium bespoke light tonic.Says York Gin co-founder, Harry Cooke: ‘We’v …