Ki No Bi Sei Kyoto Navy Strength Dry Gin, 70 cl

This is the high-strength release of Ki No Bi gin produced at Japan's Kyoto Distillery. Made with a rice spirit and the same botanicals as the standard-strength release including yellow yuzu, Japanese cypress, green tea, bamboo and sanso berries (Japanese peppercorn), the blend has been tweaked to allow the spirit to shine at more than 54%. With a warming and spicy kick, this will make a delicious G&T.

Product Description

The Kyoto Distillery was established in 2014 by the three founders: Noriko Kakuda Croll, David Croll and Marcin Miller.

The company may still be in its infancy, but the founders’ journey to build one of the most innovative distilleries in the world began some 20 years ago. Noriko and David established a whisky importing company in Tokyo in the late 1990s to introduce discerning Japanese whisky enthusiasts to a variety of distinguished single malts from independent Scottish distilleries. In this capacity, they met Marcin Miller, at the time Editor and Publisher of Whisky Magazine. Together they created a Japanese language version of the magazine, and launched whisky tasting event Whisky Live in 2000.

Tasting Notes

Japanese cypress, green tea, bamboo and sanso berries