Navy Strength Gin

Navy Strength Gin is an intense but smooth gin, made for cocktails. This overproof gin is distilled with native finger limes and fresh ginger in the botanical basket, giving it great power and intensity. Turmeric adds weight to the palate and a fresh but earthy quality, and the palate is sweet and juicy but still very clean.

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750mL

Our Navy Strength Gin is the most highly awarded in its class.

GOLD
Global Gin Masters
2023
MASTER
Global Gin Masters
2022
GOLD
Asian Gin Masters
2020
BEST GIN
American DIA
2019
MASTER
Global Gin Masters
2019
DOUBLE GOLD
Stuttgart ISC
2019
GOLD
San Francisco WSC
2019
BEST GIN
HK IWSC
2019
BEST GIN
Stuttgart IWSC
2018
MASTER
Global Gin Masters
2018
MASTER
Global Gin Masters
2017
GOLD
HK IWSC
2016
MASTER
Global Gin Masters
2016
MASTER
Global Gin Masters
2015
GOLD
HK IWSC
2014

Back in the nineteenth century gin was thought to be panacea to many things encountered on the high seas. The gimlet was invented by a doctor in the Royal Navy to ward off scurvy, with gin to fortify and Roses Lime cordial for Vitamin C. 

But several of the more gin-savvy officers of the Royal Navy suspected their supplies of gin were being diluted so they devised a test.

Often the gin was stored below deck adjacent to the gunpowder and if it was spilt onto the gunpowder and it smoked, the gin had been diluted. Only if the gunpowder still lit was the gin at least 114 proof (or 57% ABV). And so it became known as Navy Strength.

Four Pillars Navy Strength is a gin very much in the Four Pillars style, but with the flavour turned up slightly beyond 11. Fresh ginger brings spiciness to the gin, while turmeric adds weight and a lovely earthiness. Also in the botanical basket are some native finger limes, grown in Byron Bay. They have an intensity of flavour that is almost impossible to believe, and they help the gin attain super citrus notes and lovely high-toned freshness.

At 58.8% ABV this gin can support some more robust and delicious botanicals from around the world.

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Navy Strength Gin was our first made for bartenders, perfect to mix in a range of cocktails.