Avva - means a respected grand-mother, a respected mother, any old or respectable woman in the Indian language of Dravidian.  In Hebrew it means to overturn or ruin which links the reputation that gin had as ‘Mother’s Ruin’ from the Hogarth era. The still to create this beautiful gin has been named after the founder/owners grand-mothers, Jessie Jean (J-J) and was made in Elgin by Speyside Copper Works.  It is in the old Cathedral city of Elgin, that Moray Distillery Ltd's small copper still J-J combines heat, spirit and specially selected Speyside, Highland and traditional botanicals to create this navy strength gin. This is a navy strength version at 57.2%