Etsu Pacific Ocean Water Japanese Gin (70cl, 45%)

A Japanese gin from the Asahikawa Distillery on Hokkaido, made with Pacific deep-sea water alongside water from the Taisetsu mountains. The botanicals include yuzu, bitter orange, juniper, coriander, liquorice root and angelica root, with dried Japanese yuzu peel and green bitter orange peel for the citrus component. The botanicals are macerated in sugarcane alcohol at 67% for 22 hours, then distilled once in a copper still to 83% before reduction to 45%. A fine filter removes impurities and no chill filtration is used. It suits gin and tonic and cocktails.