Romantic start for gin festival in Skegness

A 17-day gin festival starts at the Red Lion pub in Skegness on Valentine's Day.

The Red Lion in Lumley Road will be serving up to 14 gins from England, Scotland, Wales, Republic of Ireland and Italy.

The festival will run from Friday February 14 to Sunday March 1 inclusive.

There will be flavoured gins, gin-based liqueurs and a distilled non-alcoholic tipple.

Flavours include ginger and cinnamon, fresh strawberry, grapefruit, rhubarb, marmalade, watermelon, berries and orange blossom.

Among the UK gins are; Aber Falls Gingerbread Gin Liqueur, Didsbury Gin Strawberry and Sicillian Lemon, Slingsby Marmalade Gin, Whitley Neill Blackberry Gin and Hawthorn' s London Dry Gin.

The overseas gins are; Malfy Gin Rosa (Italy) and Mor Irish Gin (Republic of Ireland).

And for customers who wish to enjoy a drink without alcohol, the pub is serving Caleño Juniper and Inca Berry.

The pub will offer a range of mixers for customers to drink with their gins, including three flavoured tonics, Valencian Orange, elderflower and pink grapefruit.

The gins are also being paired with a range of drinks, including apple juice, bitter lemon, fizzy rhubarb, ginger ale and lemonade.

Red Lion manager, Abbey Gibb, said; "We have sourced an excellent range of gins, a number of which have not previously been available in the pub.

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

The gins will range in price from £3.20 to £3.70 (single measure) and include a free mixer.