You & Yours Blood Orange Gin & Tonic
You & Yours Blood Orange Gin & Tonic is a ready-to-drink canned cocktail at 7.5% ABV from You & Yours Distilling Co of San Diego — the distillery's Sunday London Dry Gin, vapour-distilled with blood orange peel among its botanicals, already mixed with a crisp blood-orange tonic and a touch of lime. It is a proper gin and tonic, poured by the distiller, in 355mL cans. Order it online at Del Mesa Liquor in San Diego, CA.
- ABV: 7.5%
- Format: Ready-to-drink canned cocktail — 355mL cans
- Base spirit: Sunday London Dry Gin, distilled on site in San Diego
- Botanicals (brand, for this product): Juniper berries, fresh spruce tips, blood orange peel, pink peppercorn, clove, a touch of orris root
- Mixer: Blood-orange-scented tonic water, a touch of lime
- Origin: You & Yours Distilling Co, East Village, San Diego, California
- Dietary: Gluten-free (brand)
A San Diego Distillery's G&T, Pre-Mixed
You & Yours set up in San Diego's East Village as a full-production destination distillery — founder Laura Johnson opened it in March 2017 — and its canned cocktails take the house spirits out of the tasting room. This one starts with the distillery's Sunday London Dry Gin, vapour-distilled so the botanicals — juniper, fresh spruce tips, blood orange peel, pink peppercorn, clove and orris root — come through bright rather than stewed. The gin is then married to a blood-orange-scented tonic with the teeniest touch of lime, exactly as the brand describes the serve it wanted to can: citrusy, botanical, juicy. Browse the distillery on the You & Yours Distilling Co vendor page.
Tasting Notes
Per the brand's own descriptors: citrusy, botanical and juicy — blood orange up front, juniper and spruce-tip greenness through the middle, pink peppercorn and clove warmth at the edges, and a crisp tonic bitterness to finish. It drinks like a freshly built gin and tonic, because that is what it is.
How to Enjoy
Chill the can, crack it, and drink it as-is — the brand built the range for picnics, boats and anywhere glassware is a bad idea. Over ice in a tall glass with an orange twist, it is indistinguishable from a made-to-order serve. More ready-to-drink pours are in our wine and drinks collection — and the bottled gins sit alongside in store.
Frequently Asked Questions
What gin is in the You & Yours Blood Orange Gin & Tonic?
The distillery's own Sunday London Dry Gin, vapour-distilled in San Diego with juniper berries, fresh spruce tips, blood orange peel, pink peppercorn, clove and a touch of orris root, then mixed with blood-orange tonic and a touch of lime.
How strong is the canned cocktail?
7.5% ABV — a full-strength gin and tonic serve, not a flavoured soda. Each can is 355mL (12 fl oz).
Is it gluten-free?
Yes — the brand lists the Blood Orange Gin & Tonic as gluten-free.
A distiller-built G&T in a can — order You & Yours Blood Orange Gin & Tonic online from Del Mesa Liquor in San Diego, CA.