We set out to create an extraordinary cocktail experience that would delight the senses. Micro-distilled in small batch copper-pot stills, Empress 1908 is handcrafted using eight carefully selected botanicals. Our inspiration and ingredients are what make Empress 1908 an exceptional gin.

Empress 1908 Original Indigo Gin is 100% authentic and all-natural. Its infused with the vibrantly tinted butterfly pea blossom, adding a singularly distinct expression – an impossibly lush and vivid indigo blue, with a stunning secret to reveal; with the addition of citrus or tonic, Empress 1908 is transformed from its breathtaking indigo to a soft pink.

A gin that pours indigo: Empress 1908 Original Indigo Gin takes its color from butterfly pea blossom, not dye, and shifts toward soft pink the moment tonic or citrus hits the glass. Victoria Distillers makes it in small-batch copper pot stills in Sidney, British Columbia, from eight botanicals juniper, grapefruit peel, ginger, rose petal, cinnamon, coriander, the pea blossom, and the black tea blend served at the Empress Hotel in Victoria. At 42.5% ABV it drinks as a proper gin: juniper and bright citrus first, warm spice and an earthy tea base behind. The color show is the hook; the balance is why bartenders keep it. Build a gin and tonic in clear glass and let your guests watch it turn.