When you walk down a forest trail and find yourself at its thickest, the only sounds you hear are the birds and grasshoppers chirping. The air feels lighter, and the scents can be intoxicating. Woody with camphoraceous undertones from Deodar, subtly sweet due to the wildflowers and berries around, and even that deeply pleasant petrichor after the rain. 

Vanaha, a new gin by Revelry Distillery that sits in Goa’s Sattari region, has captured the essence of the forest in its bottle. A blue-necked woodpecker stands on the cap as the logo; the bottle wears a gradient of greenish-turquoise colours, and the botanicals are selected from across the length and breadth of India’s forests. It’s also why it’s named “van” as a nod to the forest, and “aha”, an expression for an epiphany.

Navvin Jaiin and Vaniitha Jaiin