News and Blog

How do you make the perfect gin and tonic? The simple answer is to use a top quality gin. Make sure your mixer is excellent quality too. Don't drown the gin (you can always add more mixer) and use plenty of ice (big cubes are best as they melt more slowly than small ones). The perfect G&T will be different for different people, but the main principles apply to everyone.Follow these basic steps and you'll make a delicious gin and tonic every time - you don’t need to be a fancy bartender …

What are the best mixers for gin? Beyond the obvious tonic water, try soda water (let the taste of gin shine through), lemonade, ginger beer, ginger ale, orange juice and even Coke. You also don't need a mixer at all - try gin neat over ice.One of the first rules of mixers is - you can easily ruin your drink by using a sub-par mixer or drowning the gin with too much mixer. And while most people choose the classic gin and tonic, many people assume they don't like gin, when actually they don't lik …

International Gin & Tonic Day is celebrated around the world on 19 October.It’s inspired by an old American lady whose family sneaked a G&T into hospital for her - and hid it in her tea cup. Gin lover Mary Edith Kayburn died aged 95 on 19 October in 2010, and her friends established the day in her memory.Here are five things you should remember to do to make the most of the day (or indeed any other day of the year). Freeze large ice cubes. They melt more slowly than small ice cubes - so …

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, Pete McNic …