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Products of Umegae Shuzo (Nagasaki)
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Umegae Shuzo (Nagasaki)
Gin is usually made of distillates on grain base all over the world. However, most Japanese gins are based on Shochu. Now the old brewer Umegae Shuzo in Nagasaki has brought the past to the present with a new sake-based 'gin-ovation'. Gin was first made in Japan during the Edo period in Nagasaki for Dutch traders who lived on the island of Dejima. Inspired by this history came the idea to produce gin from the president of the company, Tetsuya Nagano. Sake develops an unpleasant scent called 'Hineka' over time, so Umegae Shuzo Distillates it within a week after pressing. They produce gin from autumn to winter, which overlaps with the busy sake-brewing season, but Nagano-San emphasizes that the freshness of rice is the key to the quality of Yokitsuki Gin. The first impression is citrus, followed by a fruity sweetness, which is logical, since Yokitsuki Gin is characterized by non-traditional, locally grown vegetable ingredients, including Loquat, Strawberry, Citroen, Mikan and Umegae's namesake, plum branch. Sweet and acid with an acidity and intensity of the taste of the fruit, the plum branch provides a pleasant woody base on which the fruity vegetable ingredients come forward. There are approximately 2liter Sake needed to make 1 bottle of gin, so from a business point of view the project is expensive, but it has also demonstrated a new potential for the rapidly popular drink of Japan.
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