GIN lovers have the chance to try a selection of gin and tonics during a 17-day festival at the Bottle Kiln.

The pub, in Kingsway, Dovercourt, is serving a range of gins from Sweden, America and Moldova as well as gins produced in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

The festival is running until September 1.

There are flavoured gins, classic gins, gin liqueurs as well as a distilled non-alcoholic gins.

The flavours include pineapple and mango, cucumber, peach and hibiscus, rhubarb and rosehip, lemon and jasmine.

Among the British gins are the Lakes Rhubarb and Rosehip Gin Liqueur, Jawbox Pineapple and Ginger Gin Liqueur and Zymurgorium FlaGingo Pink Gin.

The pub is offering a range of mixers for customers to drink with their gins, including ginger, lemonade and two flavoured tonics, Valencian orange as well as elderflower.

Peter Campbell, the Bottle Kiln manager, said: “We have sourced an excellent range of gins which have not previously been available in the pub.

“We are confident that our customers will enjoy trying the different gins which each have their own unique appeal.”