New Japanese craft gin from Edo-period sake brewery contains the essence of “wa”

https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Oona McGeeUnique blend of botanicals includes seaweed, tea, wasabi, and Japanese cedar, as a nod to the wood used in red shrine gates. Japan is surprisingly well-placed to emerge as a leading force in the gin world, where regional specialties from the country’s 47 prefectures, often used in sweets and local delicacies, have now found a […]