Organic Dry Gin

Kakuzo Organic Dry Gin – Juniper Meets Yuzu

The Kakuzo Organic Dry Gin combines Asian and European flavors and impresses with the balanced harmony of its botanicals and its special ingredient: a tea infusion. Unlike with vodka, where maceration also transfers the color of the tea, this is achieved through distillation and is therefore clear.

"Inspired by the subtle fusion of German and Japanese culture, it brings a smile to our faces. And a smile is worth a hundred words," says Marc about his gin. We need a few more words to describe this arguably most Japanese of all German gins.

The Kakuzo Organic Dry Gin is the latest spirits creation from the young Berlin brand. Here too, founders Paul and Marc took ample time for its development and placed a special focus on selecting their raw materials. In addition to spicy juniper and coriander, it's primarily Asian citrus fruits such as fruity yuzu, sweet-juicy satsuma mandarin, tart grapefruit, and lemongrass that form the flavor profile of Kakuzo Gin, along with the tea infusion from a blend of three black tea varieties: Sencha from Japan, Keemun from China, and Assam from India. It is distilled with the utmost care in one of Germany's oldest distilleries. In the Black Forest at the Schladerer fruit distillery, Kakuzo Organic Dry Gin is distilled using the classic, high-quality London Dry Gin process. Thus, German distillation artistry once again meets Far Eastern temperament. Its Japanese-inspired label shows two swimming Koi carp, which represent values deeply rooted in Japanese culture such as strength, endurance, and aspiration.

Kakuzo Gin unfolds its unique taste best on ice, but the Berlin gin can also impress as a Gin & Tonic accompanied by a tonic or as an ingredient for a gin cocktail. Take time for a good drink and enjoy the moment.

Kakuzo Gin – Yin and Yang in the Right Balance

After completing his retail apprenticeship and civilian service, Paul Meinert traveled to Surat Thani in Thailand for 3 months in the summer of 2011, sparking his desire for an Asian adventure. Further travels followed, and Japan became his focus.

"There is no other country in the world where the present is so harmoniously shaped by millennia-old tradition and glittering modernity as in Japan. Those who have already traveled to Nippon know that the impressions gathered there are an almost endless breeding ground for new inspiration. This also applies to the country's food and drink culture – an unknown delight that is nevertheless immediately accessible to the palate. Japanese cuisine skillfully plays with contrasting flavors: cold and warm, neutral and spiced, or mild and spicy. An approach that has been refined, perfected, and cultivated over centuries – and thus still perfectly reflects the cultural identity and reality today. Because only in the successful handling of both Buddhist elements, Yin and Yang, in the right balance, does the 'middle' reveal itself."

This is how the two school friends, Paul and Marc, have succeeded with their Kakuzo Gin in creating the right balance between alcohol content, raw materials, and taste.

The IWSC jury also found it exciting and awarded it a bronze medal: "An earthy character with fresh juniper and bright herbal notes. A long, peppery finish."
Source: https://iwsc.net/company/profile/13488/kakuzo-gmbh

You can buy Kakuzo Gin online here, as well as its three siblings: Yuzu Gin Liqueur, Earl Grey Vodka, and Cherry Bitter.

Organic control number DE-ÖKO-003 – EU Agriculture