Hello, this is Sugikawa from Echigo Herb Distillery.
The limited edition gin for September 2023 is a special gin collaborated with a bar in Niigata, which I also love.
This time, the zine is a collaboration with "bar Chetta" in Niigata City.
It is also a bar that I have fond memories of going to when I was working in Niigata during my previous job.
Chetta is located in a corner of Rakutanchi, a quaint drinking alley just a short walk from Niigata Station, and is a wonderful bar that mainly serves gin and whiskey.
We have actually had all types of YASO handled since its launch. (The photo shows some of the empty bottles)
Back then, whenever a new YASO product was released, I would go out for a drink and talk with the master about how interesting a company Echigo Yakuso was.
The master of such a memorable bar, Mr. Sugawara, requested "a citrusy, punchy gin that can be served with soda.
The timing was right for a new lemon gin to be released, so we started working on a recipe to create a gin with a different direction so that we could both use lemon and also enjoy a comparison of the two.
We made several prototypes and had Mr. Sugawara taste them and give us feedback.
The recipe was created by repeating this process, and several spices, including green pepper, were used to give it a punch along with the citrusiness of the lemon.
Green pepper, with its blue, fresh, punchy aroma, is used generously, with lemon and prickly margao giving it a complex citrus flavor, cool fennel seed adding freshness and thickness, and passionfruit-like aroma and stimulation, with timbrel and lemongrass adding lemon and green pepper.
In late August, Mr. Sugawara visited our distillery to distill these lemon and spice parts.
These botanicals are basket distilled to extract their fresh aroma.
These lemon and spice parts are blended with macerated and distilled parts of 10 botanicals, including juniper berries, to complete this limited edition gin.
When finished, it is a refreshing, punchy gin that goes well with gusto, such as meat dishes and other rice dishes, and is recommended as a mealtime drink.
It is a gin that can be enjoyed in a variety of ways, not only with soda, but also with sweetened drinks, so it can be mixed in different ways for different occasions.
The distilling team recommends ginger ale. The ginger adds a spicy flavor to this cocktail, making it perfect for sipping slowly and savoring.
The September launch of the limited-edition "Spice Supernova" zine is
It will be on Friday, September 15 at 12:00 pm. Please look forward to it.
