Institute of Whiskey Culture holds its first Whiskey Festival in two years!
The craft gin brand YASO will be exhibiting at the Whiskey Festival 2022 in Tokyo, marking the first time YASO has participated in an offline event.
Five items will be on display, including “YASO Absinthe Prototype 03,” which won the Gold Award at IWSC 2022, the world’s leading sake competition, as well as four other representative YASO products.
YASO Distillers will also participate. Please stop by our booth and experience “YASO” for yourself. We look forward to having fun with you.
※We look forward to seeing you at our booth with measures to prevent new coronavirus infection.
【Outline of the event】
Name WHISKY Festival 2022 in TOKYO
Date and Time ① March 26, 2022 (Saturday)
〈Part 1〉10:30-14:00 〈Part 2〉15:30-19:00
②2022年3月27日(日)
〈Part 3〉9:30-13:00 〈Part 4〉14:30-18:00
Venue Bellesalle Takadanobaba Event Hall
Sumitomo Fudosan Shinjuku Garden Tower, 8-2, Okubo 3-chome, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-0072, Japan
https://whiskyfestival.jp/tokyo2022/
Booth #24 “Echigo Yakuso/YASO
【Items to be exhibited】
●YASO SPIRITS
” Mugwort” is also called “the king of wild plants. This distilled spirit is made by fermenting and maturing 80 different ingredients, mainly high-quality mugwort that grows wild in the Joetsu region of Niigata Prefecture, in a ceramic jar for one year to extract the alcohol content.
Bronze medalist at IWSC 2022 (International Wine & Spirit Competition).
●YASO GIN 2022
The distillation method was modified to enhance the aroma by lightly crushing juniper berries and spices by hand, while increasing the number of filtration steps to achieve a clear and transparent flavor.
Bronze medalist at IWSC 2022 (International Wine & Spirit Competition).
●YASO GIN 100
This GIN is specially distilled for overseas use. Based on the concept of herbs and flowers, lavender, chamomile, jasmine, and rose were used as botanicals, and the proportions were adjusted and distilled so that the gorgeous fragrance would spread.
Bronze medalist at IWSC 2022 (International Wine & Spirit Competition).
●YASO SPIRITS LEMON
The refreshing lemongrass aroma of rare maqaw and botanicals made from fresh, whole, domestic, pesticide-free lemons create a fresh lemon flavor.
Bronze medalist at IWSC 2022 (International Wine & Spirit Competition).
●YASO Absinthe Prototype 03
YASO SPIRITS is a liquor made by macerating fresh spearmint, shiso leaves, and rosemary in absinthe, which is distilled from wild herbs such as nigger wormwood, aniseed, and star anise.
In addition to its fresh and invigorating aroma, the liquid color is characterized by the natural hue derived from botanical ingredients. The change to a milky white color has been improved to achieve an ideal rise.
Winner of the Gold Medal at IWSC 2022 (International Wine & Spirit Competition)
※Tasting of this product is available for a fee.
