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Filled with such a brilliantly executed flavour journey featuring native ingredients - when Japan’s Ki No Bi launched back in 2016, it was destined to be Gin's next global superstar.
Won a Silver medal at the International Wine & Spirits Competition 2024.
Ki No Bi Gin has a great, oily juniper beginning, but yuzu quickly steps in to send the gin spiralling, followed by a briny sansho and light tea. It’s perfect in a bone dry Martini – sip it and let the flavours of the world unfurl.
Botanicals in Ki No Bi Gin include juniper, hinoki, yuzu, sansho, kinome, tea and ginger. Six separate recipes are distilled separately, after a full night of maceration in a rice based spirit.
Ki No Bi Gin is made at Kyoto Distillery, which was established by long-serving drinks PR Marcin Muller and his business partner David Croll, along with Suntory’s former chief blender Mas Onishi and distiller Alex Davies.
Kyoto Distillery bring a craft lead approach usually only reserved for the country's Whisky. Their use of local botanicals, rice. Base spirit and their carefully refined aesthetic set a new standard for Japanese Gin.
Ki No Tea Gin is a collaboration between Kyoto Distillery and tea-grower Hori-Shichimeien, a company founded in 1879. The teas bring a huge depth of flavour and a light sweetness that makes for easy...
SKU: E08864NV
