Etsu Handcrafted Gin 750ml

Etsu Handcrafted Gin 750ml

Etsu, meaning pleasure or joy in the Japanese language, is a gin made by the Asahikawa Distillery on the island of Hokkaido. Best known for its rice wine (Sake) or the spirit Shochu, Japan started entering the global spirits market with its whiskies in the early 2000s, and with its modern gins in recent years.

Etsu was one of the first Japanese craft gins in the market. This unique artisanal gin is handmade to a secret recipe from the finest local botanicals such as gyokuro tea, sansh pepper, green bitter orange peel, coriander, licorice, flowers, angelica root, yuzu and Hokkaido-grown juniper.

The botanicals macerate for more than 24 hours in neutral sugarcane spirit, which is then distilled in a traditional swan neck copper still.

The spirit is diluted down from 83% to 43% ABV with water from the Taisetsu Mountains and filtered through charcoal for the highest purity, resulting in a delightfully soft and floral gin.