RISLEY based drinks company G&J Distillers won the overall Food & Drink Award in the prestigious Made in the North West Awards, held in Warrington.

The company will go through to the Made in the UK Awards Dinner held in Liverpool in July, which forms part of the International Festival for Business 2014.

G&J Distillers has been distilling the UK's number three gin, Greenall's The Original London Dry Gin, since 1761 from its home in Warrington.