Roku 6 The Japanese Craft Gin

Six Japanese ingredients lead the drinkers of this craft gin through the four seasons of the peculiar Far Eastern island nation. These include cherry blossoms and cherry leaves harvested in spring, green tea and refined green tea processed in summer, sansho pepper obtained in autumn, and yuzu fruit peel gathered in winter. With this exotic combination of botanicals alone, however, the 43% spirit could hardly be called a gin. That is why juniper, coriander, angelica root, angelica seed, cardamom, cinnamon, bitter orange and lemon are also added. Roku Gin is another creation of the Suntory empire, which has been active in gin production since 1936. In 2017, the recently created juniper spirit was launched in an aesthetic, six-sided bottle. Incidentally, "Roku" stands for the number "6" and alludes to the six Japanese botanicals that make this gin so unique.