New Brand of Gin Is Flavored with Harley Parts. Wait, What?!?
You’ve already got Harley-Davidson in your blood. Now you can have it in your stomach, too — for a little over $1,200 a bottle.
The concept of crazy expensive, premium beverages is nothing new. For decades now, people have lined up to pay big bucks for things like artisan water and kombucha tea. Heck, you can even buy asparagus water now. But for far too long, we’ve been denied any sort of beverage that captures the essence of a vintage Harley-Davidson motorcycle. Until now.
Believe it or not, an antique Harley chaser by the name of Uwe Ehinger has created a gin infused with old motorcycle parts. Literally. Like as in he actually puts things like 1962 Panhead rocker arms, 1939 Flathead camshafts, and 1947 Knucklehead screw-nuts directly in the bottle. Lest you think this is some sort of late (or early) April Fool’s joke, we wouldn’t blame you. But it appears that the spirit, dubbed “The Archaeologist Gin,” is very much real.
The first and most obvious question we had about the gin (besides why?) is whether or not you’ll be able to taste the metal while enjoying a short pour. According to Ehinger, the parts go through a special cleansing process and are sealed in a tin alloy to make the gin safe for consumption. Plus, the packaging is every bit as eccentric as the idea itself. Each bottle comes wrapped in wax paper telling the story of the part inside. And it’s printed using a Heidelberg crucible printing press from 1931.
As you can probably guess by now, this level of pretentiousness doesn’t come cheap. A bottle of The Archaeologist Gin will set you back a little over $1,200. Even at that lofty price, the first batch reportedly sold out in a matter of hours. Proving once again the irresistible allure of a unique beverage. Now, if you’ll excuse us, we’re going to go dunk some old Sportster parts in a bottle of Jack Daniels and call it a day.
