GIN lovers will be able to enjoy a selection of gins from across Britain during an 18-day festival at The Iron Duke in Wellington.

The pub, in Fore Street, will be serving 15 gins not previously available in the pub. The gin festival will run from tomorrow (Thursday, February 14) to Sunday, March 3, inclusive.

A number of flavoured gins will be among the selection. Among the ingredients in the gins are: heather, dandelion, juniper, raspberries, vanilla, damsons, blackberries and rose petal.

The festival gins include: Aber Falls Orange Marmalade Gin, Adnams Copper House Pink Gin, Didsbury Gin Raspberry & Elderflower, Eden Mill Love Gin Liqueur, Greenall’s Wild Berry Gin and The Lakes Damson Gin Liqueur.

All of the gins will be served in a Copa de Balon glass, which is bulbous in shape, like a balloon, and is perfect for drinking gin and tonic.

Iron Duke manager Mark Seagrave said: “The festival will showcase some wonderful gins from across Britain. They have not previously been available in the pub and I am sure our customers

will enjoy drinking them.”

The gins will range in price from £2.99 to £3.99 (single measure) and include a free mixer.

Tasting notes on all of the gins plus guidance on the best mixers for each gin will be available in the pub.

During the festival the pub will continue to serve its regular range of up to 12 gins.