KI NO TOU is an Old Tom Gin from Kyoto Distillery. It is made using the distillery's standard KI NO BI Dry Gin as its base which uses the following botanicals: juniper berry, orris, hinoki (Japanese cypress), yuzu, lemon, gyokuro (green tea), ginger, red shiso leaves, bamboo leaves, sansho pepper, and kinome (Japanese herb). The Dry Gin is then sweetened post-distillation with kokutou (black sugar) from the Okinawan island of Yonaguni. This sugar retains a higher mineral content than standard sugar.
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this is a gem! this is one of the smoothest gins I've ever tried! while its 47.4% ABV may suggest otherwise, this is quite a charming sipping gin. to the nose this is a typical old Tom, but to the palate this is closer to a liquore than anything else. highly recommended
Very nice Old Tom gin that visually looks cask aged, but isn't. The color is imparted by the Okinawan "black sugar" that is added post distillation. Nice notes of Yuzu, Ginger and Sansho pepper
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