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Two-month gin festival begins in Belfast tomorrow

Gin lovers will be able to sample 31 different premium versions of the drink during Gin Fest 2016 in Belfast
Gin lovers will be able to sample 31 different premium versions of the drink during Gin Fest 2016 in Belfast Gin lovers will be able to sample 31 different premium versions of the drink during Gin Fest 2016 in Belfast

CALLING all gin lovers out there - a two-month festival celebrating everything that's great about the tipple begins in Belfast tomorrow.

With 31 different premium versions of the drink on offer, together with unique gin infused cocktails, master-classes, gin parties and free daily giveaways, you'll be spoilt for choice.

Gin Fest 2016, which runs until August 20, takes place at the Nicholson’s Crown Liquor Saloon in Belfast as it celebrates the glorious spirit of gin.

Gin aficionados can sample a total of 31 high-end gins ranging from the Wisconsin distilled 'Death's Door', one of the leading craft gins in the USA served garnished with a sage leaf to the 'Little Bird', a light gin championing grapefruit from Peckham, London.

And for true gin connoisseurs, there's the Monkey 47 - an unfiltered gin made in Germany’s Black Forest, created in individual batches using a complex set of 47 different botanicals.

There will be gin master-classes, delicious gin infusion cocktails, giveaways and a secret gin party as Nicholson's pubs celebrate their extensive gin range and 140 years of British gin heritage.