Hotel and spa creates own gin for reopening

The Feversham Arms Hotel & Verbena Spa at Helmsley is celebrating its upcoming hotel reopening on May 17 with its very own Feversham Arms gin.

The luxury hotel has teamed up with local artisan producer Hooting Owl to create a bespoke Feversham Arms Gin that features signature botanicals and flavours from the surrounding area.

Alex Stainsby, Restaurant Manager at Feversham Arms Hotel, said: “We have wanted to create our own gin for quite some time and were able to begin the development with Hooting Owl during lockdown. They have a great reputation for creating signature flavours using botanicals found in local areas such as seaweed in coastal regions and heather from the North York Moors.

“We’re delighted that we have created a gin specifically for the Feversham Arms Hotel, using fragrant local botanicals to create a smooth, flavoursome and ‘fruity’ gin. We’ll be using it as the base note for a number of exciting cocktails we’re creating, ready to welcome back guests for a poolside cocktail and al fresco dining. It will also create a lovely gift to take home for guests of their stay with us.”

Within the current guidance, the Feversham Arms Hotel and Verbena Spa is open for day spa treatments and al fresco dining (weather permitting) on Thursday to Sunday only. Subject to Government guidance, the hotel will reopen fully for overnight stays from May 17.

The bottles are of a distinctive design, created by local graphic designer and wildlife artist Codie Linton, and the label is engraved into the bottle.