Yorkshire spirit takes home world class honour

A gin made in York has won a top honour at the World Gin Awards.

York Gin Old Tom beat fierce competition from major names to win the Best English Old Tom title.

The gin is a collaboration between York Gin, the Michelin-starred Star Inn at Harome and its owner Andrew PernHarry Cooke, co-director of York Gin said: ‘We knew we’d made a special gin – but you never really know how good it is until you have independent experts judging it. This result confirms we’ve made something York and Yorkshire can be proud of.”

Pete McNichol, co-director of York Gin added: “From the very we’ve been obsessed with finding the best possible ingredients from all over the world. With our Old Tom, we’ve been fortunate enough to have the chefs at the amazing Star Inn, Harome using incredible ingredients from their own kitchen garden and the nearby hedgerows in North Yorkshire. We’re so proud of this gin – and so chuffed it’s a real taste of Yorkshire too.’

This business which was founded in February 2016 as the result of five friends hatching the plan in a York pub. The Old Tom gin had a successful 2019 taking home two gold awards at the International Wine and Spirit Competition and at the Spirits Business Gin Masters.

York Gin Old Tom now goes forward to the overall World’s Best Gins competition.