• by Teresa Buyikian , February 27, 2026

The latest campaign from Aviation Gin has a special guest star—and it’s not Ryan Reynolds.

The gin’s actor/producer co-owner does of course star in the ads, but he has a new sidekick: a bartending robot.   

The new ads promote Aviation Cranberry & Blood Orange Flavored Gin, the brand’s first flavored gin since it launched over 20 years ago.  The new flavor is described as “juicy cranberry and bold blood orange with Aviation's signature botanical profile… that makes at-home cocktailing effortless.”

"The combination of Aviation's signature gin with tart cranberry and citrus-forward blood orange offers cocktail elevation while remaining easy to enjoy," said said Ricky Collett, gin category marketing directorat Diageo, in a press release.

In the :60 video ad, seen here, Reynolds' voiceover describes how “innovation is at the heart of everything we do,” while showing an empty Aviation bottle with random high-tech stock images flashing across the screen. Reynolds introduces “Avo, a state of the art robotic humanoid engineered to be your home mixologist.” As the robot proceeds to prepare cocktails badly (it appears he cannot see through his costume), spilling gin and breaking glasses, Reynolds says “and when the robot turned out to obviously be a person in a suit, we innovated again.” The new gin is the reveal, as Reynolds appears on screen saying, “it makes amazing cocktails practically by itself.”

“Innovation is at the heart of what we do. That's true despite the fact that until today we have not really changed our product at all,” said Reynolds in the press release. "I am so proud of our first actual innovation."

The campaign is running  on Aviation’s social platforms.