By the Gallon

Gallon House Gin is distilled and bottled in small batches at Abiqua Spirit Distillery in Silverton, Oregon. The botanical bill leads with juniper and runs through rose, coriander, citrus, and a final touch of cucumber that keeps the finish cool. It is 88 proof, bottled at 44% ABV, and built for cocktails that want a gin to actually be a gin.

The Silver Medal at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition was a nice affirmation. The drinks we pour at our own counter were a better one. A Gallon House Gimlet is our everyday. A Gallon House Martini is the honest test. Both pass, which is most of why we keep making it.

Gallon House Gin is named for the Gallon House Bridge, a covered bridge on the edge of Silverton that dates to 1916. During Prohibition, locals used the bridge as an unofficial trading post for bootleg moonshine, passed across the span by the gallon. The name stuck, even after Prohibition ended and the bridge went back to being mostly a bridge.

We named the gin after it for the obvious reasons. It is a real Oregon spirit-making story from our corner of the Willamette Valley, a few miles from where we work today. Drinking Gallon House Gin in Silverton in 2026 is a way of tipping our hat to the people who were drinking and making spirits here a hundred years ago, against the rules, under a bridge, by the gallon.

The bridge is still there. We drive past it on our way out of town. If you come to visit the distillery, go look at it.