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Read our privacy notice . It’s easy to think, looking at London’s bar menus, that tequila has taken over the world. The spirit is everywhere as the UK rides the Mexican wave and realises the good stuff should be sipped, not shot.
But that doesn’t leave gin high and dry. The spirit once known as Mother’s Ruin continues to be one of the best-loved tipples in the UK. In The Grocer’s annual ranking of the UK’s 100 biggest alcohol brands, gin brand Gordon's ranked fourth with sales of £364m, beaten only by Stella Artois, Smirnoff and Budweiser.
Data from Statista confirms that the UK is the world's biggest market for gin. And no wonder; we're lucky enough to be swimming in the stuff, from long-established brands to newcomers and craft distilleries. Whatever flavour of gin you're into - a classic London dry, fruity pink, refreshing citrus - there's a bottle for that.
The choice may be there, but the portability isn't. Gin bottles aren't exactly the lightest things to cart around whether you're headed to a summer picnic or a friend's BBQ, and unless you've got a thing for gin martinis, most need a mixer sidekick. Enter the humble tinnie.
These ready-to-drink (RTD) cans come with the p.