Sakurao Gin Original

Japanese whisky lovers will certainly be familiar with the company's "old" name, Chugoku Jozo, as the company has been producing "Togouchi" whisky for decades. In 2018, Chugoku Jozo founded the Sakurao Distillery in addition to its previous production facility in order to focus on the production of western craft spirits. In 2021, the company changed its name to SAKURAO Brewery and Distillery. Sakurao Gin Original was the first product from the new distillery. This is where the company's hundred years of experience meet the best ingredients from Hiroshima. The botanicals used in Sakurao Gin Original are: Navel Orange, Sweet Summer Orange, Yuzu, Daidai (bitter orange), Hinoki (Japanese cypress), green tea, Aka Shiso (red shiso, Japanese type of cress), ginger and lemon. The 9 botanicals from Hiroshima are joined by 5 imported botanicals, including juniper and coriander seeds. The citrus notes assert themselves beautifully at the beginning and are replaced on the tongue by ginger and green tea. The juniper is clearly recognizable in the wonderfully long finish. Sakurao Gin Original was the very first Japanese gin to win the gold medal and "Best of Gin" award at the Los Angeles International Spirits Competition (LAISC) in 2018. Since then, it has regularly secured the highest awards in international competitions.

Together with a dry or Indian tonic, Sakurao is perfect for a gin and tonic. However, it can also be enjoyed straight or in cocktails.

Japanese gin
Net quantity: 700ml
Alcohol content: 47% vol.
For sale to persons of legal age only
Importer: Ginza Berlin GmbH, Pfalzburger Straße 20, 10719 Berlin

The SAKURAO Brewery and Distillery was founded under the name Chugoku Jozo in 1918 in the Sakurao district of Hatsukaichi City in Hiroshima Prefecture. Initially a producer of shochu and sake, the company has been producing the famous Togouchi whisky since 1990, for which the distillates are imported from Scotland and Canada. Only the storage and blending are carried out by the SAKURAO Brewery. However, storage takes place in a very special place: the city's 361-metre-long railroad tunnel, which has never been completed, is used to store the fine spirits. The temperature here is 14 degrees Celsius all year round and the humidity is 80%, ideal conditions for maturing shochu and whisky.

Since December 2017, the company has been involved in the production of western craft spirits following the establishment of another production facility, the Sakurao Distillery. The first spirit was the Sakurao Gin Original, followed shortly afterwards by special editions of this gin series, the Sakurao Gin Limited and the Sakurao Gin Hamagou, both in small quantities. The hundred years of experience in the production of spirits is certainly one reason why Sakurao Gin tastes so fantastic. In 2018, the company then released its natural liqueur series with "Hassaku Rocks", "Yuzu Rocks" and "Lemon Rocks". The company's first single malt whisky has been available since 2021. In March 2021, the company changed its name to SAKURAO Brewery and Distillery Co. Ltd.