The Nation's Favourite Tipple Has Been Revealed

It’s a quintessentially British favourite and quite the perfect mix with a tonic.But now it’s revealed Britons bought a record 47 million bottles of gin over the last year, up by seven million on 2016 as consumers named the G&T their favourite drink.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.Sales of the spirit have doubled