Lavender-forward on the nose with cardamom, anise, and dried violets rounding out an unusually floral botanical profile. The palate is soft and silky, with sweet spice and cream mid-palate and restrained juniper on a clean, dry finish.

Aviation is an American New Western gin, distilled in Portland, Oregon by House Spirits. It was designed to de-emphasize juniper and let secondary botanicals carry the profile, a deliberate departure from London Dry orthodoxy. Ryan Magarian co-developed the recipe specifically for bartenders who wanted a gin that worked in citrus-forward cocktails without the resin clash.