Beyond the obligatory use of juniper berries, Gin distillers must make a number of decisions in creating their product: Which distillation approach is best to use? What other botanicals should be included, and in what proportions? 

The Gate 11 founders and master distillers experimented for three years to define the exact blend of nine botanicals for this refreshingly elegant gin. They even included Orris (Latin for Iris) root as a tribute to the Tennessee state flower.

Gate 11 Gin delivers a complex and subtle balance between floral and herbaceous, citric and earthy notes. Distilled in small 7 liter batches for quality control, our gin distillates are carefully collected in an ice bath receiver before being bottled, to capture all the nuance of our botanical blend. 

Gate 11 Dry Gin was awarded a Double Gold Medal at the 2021 and 2022 San Francisco World Spirits Competitions. Only one other US gin has repeated at this level at the SFWSC making Gate 11 Dry Gin objectively one of the very best gins in the US.