York Gin Quality Award Distillery Yorkshire

York Quality Gin of a Yorkshire distillery

Welcome to York Gin

Award-Winning Yorkshire Gin

We are a small Yorkshire distillery creating some of the world’s best gins. Inspired by York’s incredible 2,000-year history, we make all our gins using traditional methods perfected over centuries of English gin-making.

Sustainability and Responsibility

Kindness to people and planet are at the heart of York Gin. Sustainability and responsibilty are key principles that guide us.

For example, from day one, we have run on 100% renewable electricity generated from sun, wind and sea. More expensive – but the right thing to do.

Our aim is that the environment, local people and charities benefit from our existence – to be a ‘net positive’ business.
We are not there yet – but incremental steps are carrying us closer to our ambition.

Waste & Recycling

We have an agreement with local experts Forge Recycling who take all our waste from the distillery with zero going to landfill. Their report details the CO2 emissions produced by converting this waste to energy – and offset this with a tree-planting scheme.

From the shops, cardboard waste goes to Friends of St Nicholas’ Field – a York environmental charity. Non-recyclable waste goes to Forge Recycling.

We also run a refill station in our shop with a £5 discount to encourage customers to re-use their bottles.

Local first

Our neutral grain spirit is produced in Yorkshire from grain grown on Yorkshire farms. Alcohol and bottles are the heaviest materials we use, so buying local has a massive effect on our carbon footprint.
Other local suppliers include:

York upcyclers PurePallets who reuse old pallets and railway sleepers to fit our shops and for several York Gin products
York’s The Star Inn The City makes the sugar syrup in our Old Tom gin using Yorkshire ingredients
We sell locally-made alcohol-free ‘gin’, rum from Leeds and Yorkshire whisky from Filey
York’s Bessie’s Yorkshire Preserves make a delicious York Gin & grapefruit marmalade

12 Pavement, York YO1 9UP, UK

Gin Tasting in York

York Gin Tastings in York are fun, fascinating – and some of the best things to do in York.
Are you and your friends looking for fun things to do in York? Come along to our gin tasting experience.
You’ll learn lots and laugh lots with our famously friendly and knowledgeable York Gin Experts.

York Gin Tastings

Enjoy two full G&Ts and taste a wide selection of our award-winning range. You’ll also learn about gin’s amazing legends, myths and history.
The feedback we receive is universally positive and guests frequently tell us ours is the best gin tasting Yorkshire and indeed the UK have to offer.

Festive Gin Tasting

Here’s the perfect festive treat for gin lovers – a glittering gin tasting to enjoy with your friends in one of the UK’s most Christmassy cities.

The York Gin Sparkly Christmas Tasting is a festive, fun, and fascinating experience that will be a highlight of the run-up to Christmas 2023.

As well as a festive welcome cocktail, you’ll taste the whole York Gin range. You’ll learn lots, laugh lots, and enjoy a G&T at the end with your favourite flavour of York Gin.

So here’s what you get with the hour-long York Gin Christmas Tasting:

A welcome festive themed gin cocktail
Taste the whole range of six gins and learn to taste gin like a professional
Learn about the history of gin: legends and myths, fact and fiction
Enjoy a full G&T as your final drink
A 10% discount on anything you buy – we have a range of truly beautiful Christmas gifts

The Sparkly Christmas Gin Tasting takes place between 6:30 and 7:30 / 7:45 pm on Friday and Saturday evenings throughout November and most of December. Book early to avoid disappointment.