Aria Gin

Name

Aria Gin

Legal name

Not explicitly stated in the source material — the website uses the trade name "Aria Gin" / "Aria Classic Dry Gin" but no formal registered legal entity name (e.g., with Inc./LLC suffix) is disclosed.

Website

https://ariagin.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Aria Gin is a Portland, Oregon-based craft distillery founded in 2012 that produces a London Dry-style gin (Aria Classic Dry Gin) and a ready-to-drink canned gin & tonic, selling direct-to-consumer through its tasting room and e-commerce site and wholesale through Oregon OLCC-licensed retailers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Craft Distilled Spirits

NAICS

Distilleries (312140), Beverage Manufacturing (3121), Beer, Wine, and Liquor Retailers (445320)

SIC

Malt Beverages (2082), Beverages (2080)

akta.pro primary industry

Alcohol-Free & Low-Alcohol Beer/Wine/Spirits Production (AFAFAAAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

Cocktail Mixes & Alcoholic Beverage Bases (non-alcoholic mixers, RTD spirit bases) (AFAFAGAH)

Keywords

• Craft gin distillery
• London dry gin
• Canned cocktails
• Ready-to-drink gin
• Craft spirits

Headquarters

HQ city

Portland

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Operations, Supply Chain, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Ready-to-drink canned gin & tonic retail sales: One-time consumer purchase of pre-mixed Aria Gin & Tonic canned cocktails, packaged in 250 ml cans sold in 4-packs (1 liter) at an Oregon retail price of $19.95/4-pack; sold through own e-commerce storefront and OLCC-licensed Oregon retailers (OLCC #9355A).
2. Distillery / tasting room direct sales: Direct-to-consumer bottle sales at the on-site tasting room at 2304 NW Savier St, Portland, OR, operating Thursday–Sunday 12–6pm (and every day 12–6pm Black Friday through Christmas Eve). No reservations required.
3. Aria Classic Dry Gin bottle sales: Core SKU: London Dry-style gin distilled and bottled at the Portland distillery; positioned as a bartender-grade, cocktail-friendly spirit referenced as "the biggest endorsement comes from the back bars of many fancy-cocktail joints all around Portland."

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Aria Gin is a craft distillery that produces Aria Classic Dry Gin, a handmade, batch-distilled London Dry-style gin made in Portland, Oregon since 2012 from ten traditional botanicals (juniper, coriander, angelica root, grains of paradise, cardamom, cassia bark, orange peel, lemon peel, orris root, cubeb berry) cut with Bull Run Watershed water. It has extended the line with Aria Gin & Tonic, a ready-to-drink canned cocktail that pre-blends the flagship gin with a bespoke, lower-sugar Aria-developed tonic in 250 ml cans sold in 4-packs. Sales are conducted direct-to-consumer via the company's own e-commerce storefront and on-site Portland tasting room, and through OLCC-licensed Oregon retail/wholesale channels.

Product overview

Aria Gin's offering is a tightly focused, single-brand portfolio rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture: one core bottled spirit (Aria Classic Dry Gin, a London Dry-style gin handmade in Portland, Oregon since 2012 and built around ten traditional botanicals) is paired with one ready-to-drink product extension (Aria Gin & Tonic, a 12.5% ABV canned cocktail in which Aria Gin is pre-mixed with a custom Aria-developed tonic). Both products share the same Aria distillery source and tasting profile (juniper-forward with citrus, spice, earthy and floral notes), with the canned G&T explicitly positioned as a portable, lower-sugar extension of the flagship gin for outdoor and on-the-go consumption. The company also operates an attached Tasting Room and Distillery at 2304 NW Savier St, Portland OR 97210 (open 12–6pm Thu–Sun, plus daily during the Black Friday–Christmas Eve holiday window).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Aria Gin & Tonic: Ready-to-drink canned gin & tonic cocktail (250ml / 8.4oz cans, 12.5% ABV, sold in 4-packs). Made with Aria Classic Dry Gin blended with a proprietary all-natural tonic developed by the Aria distillers; positioned for outdoor and on-the-go consumption.

Products and services

• Aria Classic Dry Gin Handmade, batch-distilled London Dry-style gin produced in Portland, Oregon using traditional British distillation techniques. Made with ten botanicals (juniper, coriander, angelica root, grains of paradise, cardamom, cassia bark, orange peel, lemon peel, orris root, cubeb berry) cut with Bull Run Watershed water; designed for cocktails yet approachable neat or over ice. Sold direct-to-consumer and through Oregon wholesale.
• Aria Gin & Tonic Ready-to-drink canned cocktail that blends Aria Classic Dry Gin with a bespoke Aria-developed tonic using nine flavors (Persian lime, kaffir lime, allspice, lemon, lemongrass, orris root, grapefruit, bergamot, star anise). Sold in 250 ml cans (4-packs) at 12.5% ABV; all natural, gluten free, non-GMO, no corn syrup, vegan; positioned as a lower-sugar, portable outdoor/lifestyle G&T.

Quantifiable outcome

• Aria G&T contains 68 g of sugar per liter — less than Fever Tree (80 g), Q (81 g), Seagram's (93 g), Schweppes (95 g), and Canada Dry (152 g).
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Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Oregon Liquor Control Commission (OLCC)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAria Gin & Tonic is listed with the Oregon Liquor Control Commission under product code #9355A, which enables legal wholesale and retail distribution of the canned G&T through OLCC-licensed Oregon retailers at a published Oregon retail price of $19.95 per 4-pack. This listing is the company's primary wholesale route-to-market.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• New Deal Distillery: Portland craft distillery producing gin and other spirits with an on-site tasting room. New Deal is a directly comparable Portland craft distillery operating in the same local market, distribution channels, and tasting-room DTC format.
• House Spirits Distillery: Portland-based craft distillery (maker of Aviation American Gin among other brands) with a tasting room and DTC footprint in the same city as Aria. Operates in an overlapping craft-distillery competitive set within the Oregon/Pacific Northwest market.

Emerging players

• Q Mixers: Premium craft tonic brand that Aria also benchmarks on sugar (Q at 81 g/L vs. Aria's 68 g/L). Q Mixers represents the better-craft-tonic peer set that Aria's proprietary tonic formulation is competing with for the modern G&T consumer.

Broad incumbents

• Hendrick's Gin: Established premium gin cited alongside Aria on Portland back bars. Hendrick's is a much larger incumbent in the same botanical/craft-adjacent gin category and serves as the direct aspirational benchmark for Aria's on-premise positioning.
• Fever-Tree: Premium global tonic water brand that Aria explicitly benchmarks against on sugar content (Fever-Tree Indian at 80 g/L vs. Aria's 68 g/L). Fever-Tree is the incumbent whose taste and quality profile the bespoke Aria tonic is positioned to beat in the canned G&T.
• Tanqueray: Iconic London Dry gin brand explicitly named in press coverage as a back-bar neighbor to Aria. Tanqueray is the scaled incumbent reference point for the bartender-grade London Dry slot Aria targets.

Direct peers

• Aviation American Gin: American craft gin with strong bartender-and-home-mixologist positioning, similar target customer base, and a comparable premium-craft price point. Directly comparable on go-to-market (on-premise + DTC) and product (botanical London Dry-style gin).
• High Noon: Major U.S. canned RTD cocktail brand with broad multi-state DSD distribution. High Noon defines the velocity benchmark Aria's canned G&T would need to match in order to win meaningful off-premise shelf space.
• Cutwater Spirits: San Diego-based craft distillery with a leading canned RTD cocktail portfolio including canned G&Ts. Cutwater is the closest scaled analog to Aria Gin & Tonic on product format, channel (canned RTD), and target occasion.
• Sipsmith: London-based craft distillery producing a London Dry-style gin with traditional botanicals. Sipsmith is a closely analogous craft gin maker whose product positioning (botanical-forward, bartender-friendly, premium craft) maps directly onto Aria's flagship recipe narrative.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/AriaGin
• Instagraminstagram.com/ariagin
• Xx.com/iloveariagin
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/aria-portland-dry-gin

Compliance1 record

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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