Aviation Gin
Please note: bottles may have original black label, or the special edition Wrexham AFC label (the Welsh football club that Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney own!)
Aviation gin is a brand of gin brought to fame by Ryan Reynolds. it is distilled in small batches in Portland, Oregon.
Aviation Gin was founded in 2006 and takes its name from the Aviation cocktail, which was created in the 1900s. The gin takes a Dutch-style rye spirit base combined with juniper, lavender, anise, sarsaparilla, orange peel and cardamom. The botanicals are steeped in grain spirit for 48 hours before they are redistilled.
Aviation is one of the most popular gins on the market, and it has won numerous awards, including a gold medal at the San Francisco world spirits competition.
Aviation Gin is an intriguing tipple, with a very handsome Gatsby-esque bottle. A fabulous gin to go with its eponymous cocktail, though we wouldn't suggest you wing it. (Geddit?)
Aviation gin was founded by Ryan Reynolds and his business partner, Michael Howard. The two had been friends for years, and they shared a passion for aviation (the cocktail and the activity) and gin. they decided to combine their interests and create a gin that would be perfect for aviation enthusiasts. Aviator Gin, if you like.
Crisp notes of juniper alongside delicate floral sweetness, parma violets, a touch of citrus peel and some green vegetal notes in there too, with a pinch of spice.
Wonderfully spicy notes, more prominent than on the nose, cardamom shining through and a scattering of cinnamon, with floral notes continuing.
Spices linger, along with the return of citrus peel.
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Sadly I got excited to try this, was more disappointed in myself than the gin, it’s a decent cocktail gin but not just for tonic and enjoying. The taste neat is more like a vodka than a gin
Perplexing, as I like English and Indian dry gins, never spicy ones, but this one is so classy it somehow wins me over. The juniper is subdued, theyve added lesser-used botanicals, and the spiciness continues, pushing the pine to the very end. I havent worked out why yet, but this might be the fifth best gin Ive ever tasted (all the others are dry gins). The distillers have clearly made some very good decisions here.
Fantastic gin. This and Foxhole are by far the best I've had.
Got this for my 45t birthday. The bottle is sublime 30s deco with what feels like machined aviation grade aluminium cap. The palette bursts. I drink it with a splash of Sosa and s single basil leaf. It is excellence in a bottle.
Average gin , tried it neat ouch , better for a cocktail where it’s poor taste can be masked. Very well marketed hides it flaws well ..
