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The best cocktails for your summer BBQ

A handy guide to some of the best cocktails for your summer BBQ. As the sun shines bright and the grill sizzles, there’s no better way to elevate your summer BBQ than with a refreshing cocktail in hand. Whether you’re a fan of gin’s botanical notes, vodka’s smoothness, or rum’s tropical flair, we’ve got you covered with the perfect cocktails to sip on a hot summer day.

Gin lovers, rejoice! The classic Gin and Tonic is a timeless choice for any summer gathering. Mix your favourite gin, we recommend https://staging.yorkshiredalesdistillery.com/product/purple-ram-gin/ with tonic water, a squeeze of fresh lime, and garnish with a sprig of rosemary or a slice of cucumber for a crisp and refreshing drink that will keep you cool all day long.
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Embracing the future: The benefits of offering Work Experience

🌟 Embracing the Future: The Benefits of Offering Work Experience 🥃

At Yorkshire Dales Distillery, we believe in nurturing the next generation of talent and giving back to our local community. That’s why we are proud to announce our initiative to offer work experience opportunities to pupils from Richmond School & Sixth Form College, North Yorkshire in the exciting world of Distilling.

🌿 Why is this important? By opening our doors to young minds eager to learn, we not only provide valuable hands-on experience but also inspire and educate the future leaders of the Distilling industry. Some of the key merits of taking on pupils for work experience are:

Father’s Day Gifts from Yorkshire Dales Distillery – Cheers to Dad!

Father’s Day is just around the corner, and what better way to celebrate than with some thoughtful Father’s day gifts from Yorkshire Dales Distillery?

Whether your dad, step-dad or granddad is a gin enthusiast, a rum connoisseur, or simply loves quality vodka, we’ve got you covered. Here are some fantastic Father’s Day gift ideas that will make him raise a glass in appreciation:

A new addition to the team

The Team at Yorkshire Dales Distillery would like to introduce you to our newest recruit – local lass (Redcar), Jen started life as a professional violin and trumpet player with The Band of His Majesty’s Royal Marines back in 1999 performing throughout the UK and Internationally. She quickly moved on to being the Safety, Health and Environment Advisor with the Royal Marines Band Scotland up in Rosyth.

UK Spirits Duty Increase; what’s in the price of a bottle?

August 2023 UK Spirits Duty Increase; what’s in the price of a bottle?

The airwaves have been somewhat quiet of late on the increase in Alcohol Duty which will come into force next week on Tuesday 1^st August 2023. With gin, vodka, whisky and rum, Spirits Duty is our concern and this has remained at £28.74 per litre of pure alcohol since before Yorkshire Dales Distillery starting trading in 2017. In line with inflation, this will go up to £31.64.

What does this mean for a typical bottle? In the UK, the standard currency is a 700ml or 70cl bottle on which you were paying £8.05 in Spirits Duty on a product at 40% abv. This will go up to £8.86! Once you add the associated VAT in, this in an increase from £9.66 to £10.63 tax paid directly to the Treasury on every single bottle.Read More

Yorkshire Day 2021

Happy Yorkshire Day!

Did you know?

The date of Yorkshire Day alludes to the Battle of Minden, and also the anniversary of the emancipation of slaves in the British Empire in 1834, for which a Yorkshire MP, William Wilberforce, campaigned!

COVID ONE NINE – Further musings of an Army Officer and Distiller

With apologies for the deluge of metaphors.

‘We gotta get outta this place’ I hear them cry. “But how?” you say. ‘With a little help from our friends’…obvs…’if it’s the last thing we ever do’.

But seriously, we are standing at a significant crossroads, it actually feels like a wickedly complicated motorway junction, and there is no clear way ahead. There are significant disadvantages to whichever path we choose. Read More

COVID ONE NINE – MUSINGS OF AN ARMY OFFICER AND DISTILLER

I am fortunate.

On the day on which we had to turn our very much full time Distillery into a less than part time operation I was able to step straight out of one uniform and into another.

Having spent the last 3 years throwing our hearts and souls into building our craft business, it’s more than possible that it will survive.

Don’t Just Drink It , Eat It Too

Lee and the Sweet Life Blog:

I have a distant memory of going “clubbing” with my friends. Is it still called that?
My clubbing nights consisted of short skirts, low tops, no coats in mid December, sparkly blue eye shadow and cheap alcohol that felt like it was taking the skin off my oesophagus as it meandered its way down to my stomach and through my bloodstream.
Of course this was way before Lee & The Sweet Life.

Being a little Greener every day!

The start of a New Year is always the best time to review and re-evaluate; it is always a much quieter time for the brewers and distillers and we are certainly busy getting all of our maintenance and planning completed ahead of what we expect to be another busy year.Read More