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'Can you tell me about the top five gins?'This is a difficult question because high sales do not always equate to high quality.Everyone has a different way of saying what their top gin is.Is it the go-to gin for when you’ve come in after a hard day?Is it the special gin you have before eating at your favourite restaurant?Is it the one that’s on special offer at your local supermarket?Is it the one with the great bottle and label?Or is it the one that started your love affair with gin all those y …

The main ingredients in gin are the base alcohol and juniper. Other optional 'botanicals' (herbs, spices, fruit, etc) are almost always added.To be described as a ‘gin’, the drink must have a strength of at least 37.5% ABV (alcohol by volume) and it must taste predominantly of juniper (from juniper berries). Water is also used to dilute the spirit to the required strength.Beyond these ingredients, gin makers have a huge choice of botanicals they can add to the mandatory juniper berries.York …

There is a short answer to the question: 'Is gin bad for your liver?' 'Yes it can be.' As with any alcohol, you should drink gin in moderation.There are definitely serious dangers associated with excessive alcohol consumption.Follow the guidelinesThe World Health Organisation (WHO) advises people: to keep to strict daily limits (a maximum of two units for women and three for men)not to drink more than four units at any one time and to give yourself at least one day off the booze each week …

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 …