Kyoto Distillery have created their first ever gin.
Ki No Bi gin is created by head distiller Alex Davies with input from Japanese spirits specialist Masami Onishi.
“To create our gin, we will be mastering not only the science of distillation as others have done before, but also the age-old art of blending,” said Davies, who previously worked at the Chase and Cotswolds distilleries in the UK. “We will break down the botanicals in our gin into six different categories: base, citrus, tea, herbal, spice and floral and will then distil these separately before blending them back together again.”
The gin has a rice spirit base and is bottled at 45.7% abv, with the distilling team spending six months selecting the suppliers and botanicals, including yellow yuzu from the north of Kyoto Prefecture, hinoki wood chips, bamboo, gyokuro tea from the Uji region and green sanshō berries.
Ki No Bi Kyoto dry gin will launch across Japan in October.
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