KYOZA YUZUGIN JAPANESE GIN 750

This handcrafted gin from the Kyoya Distillery starts with a sweet potato shochu base and botanicals such as yuzu, hyuganatsu & sansho pepper. The sweet potato shochu base adds a complex richness and unique texture. Kyoya Distillery, one of the oldest distilleries in Kyushu founded in 1834, and produces award winning Sochu from Beni Satsuma sweet potatoes. Their potatoes are naturally fermented in ceramic jugs before being distilled. Kyoya is leading. The distillery uses environmentally friendly practices along with locally sourced vertically integrated farming. The potato mash is distilled on small 200 liter stainless Japanese stills. Each botanicals are steeped in the finished sochu and distilled separately - a time intensive process that allows for precise adjustments. The delicious zesty spirit is unlike any other gin in the store. The botanticals included are juniper berries, yuzu, sansho peppers, local Hebesu, local hyuganatsu, Cucumber, Ginger, Coriander, Cloves. The Hyuganatsu and Hebesu are rare seasonal citrus that grown exclusively in Miyazaki prefecture.