{"id":59388,"date":"2017-12-16T10:15:23","date_gmt":"2017-12-16T15:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/the-nations-favourite-tipple-has-been-revealed\/"},"modified":"2017-12-16T10:15:23","modified_gmt":"2017-12-16T15:15:23","slug":"the-nations-favourite-tipple-has-been-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/the-nations-favourite-tipple-has-been-revealed\/","title":{"rendered":"The Nation’s Favourite Tipple Has Been Revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Nation’s Favourite Tipple Has Been Revealed<\/b>
\nGin heaven: Producers are becoming more inventive with infusions as Brits make gin their favourite tipple<\/strong>” alt=”Gin heaven: Producers are becoming more inventive with infusions as Brits make gin their favourite tipple<\/strong>” data-credit=”Rimma_Bondarenko via Getty Images” data-portal-copyright=”Rimma_Bondarenko via Getty Images” data-provider=”getty” data-provider-asset-id=”668030694″ data-has-syndication-rights=”true”><\/p>\n

It\u2019s a quintessentially British favourite and quite the perfect mix with a tonic.<\/p>\n

But now it\u2019s revealed Britons bought a record 47 million bottles of gin<\/a> over the last year, up by seven million on 2016 as consumers named the G&T their favourite drink.<\/p>\n

Gin moved up from third place last year as 29% of consumers named it their favourite spirit, ahead of whisky (25%) and vodka (23%), the annual poll by the Wine and Spirit Trade Association (WSTA) found.<\/p>\n

Sales of the spirit have doubled in value in the last six years to \u00a31.2 billion in the 12 months to September, up from \u00a3630 million in 2011, WSTA\u2019s market report figures show.<\/p>\n

The equivalent of more than 8.8 million bottles of gin were sold in pubs, bars and restaurants to a value of \u00a3729 million in the same 12 months, while 38.7 million bottles were sold in shops and supermarkets.<\/p>\n

In the 12 weeks up to September, gin sales were up 26% by volume in shops and supermarkets and up 34% by value compared to the same time last year.<\/p>\n

HMRC figures early in the year showed that gin exports were outperforming those of British beef and soft drinks, the Press Association reported.<\/a><\/p>\n

WSTA chief executive Miles Beale said: \u201cThe latest WSTA market report is showing yet another sparkling result for gin sales in the UK.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe British public show no signs of growing tired of trying new gins with well over 100 brands now available on the UK market.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt comes as no surprise that gin has climbed to the top of a poll of most popular spirit drinks.\u201d<\/p>\n

The spirit\u2019s popularity has seen producers offering up an increasing range of locally-sourced botanicals, such as seaweed, rhubarb and Christmas gins with frankincense and myrrh.<\/p>\n

A total of 45 new distilleries opened in the UK during 2016, according to HMRC, taking the total to an estimated 273, more than double 2012\u2019s 128.<\/p>\n

In March, the Office for National Statistics added it to its typical shopping basket of goods used to calculate inflation.<\/p>\n

In June, \u2018Brighton Gin\u2019 was named the best vintage in the People\u2019s Drink Awards.<\/a><\/p>\n

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