Love Drinks has boosted its unrivalled collection of impressive Japanese drinks with the launch of a citrus gin double act from the award-winning Etsu Distillery.
Available immediately to the retail and hospitality sectors in 70cl bottles, the new duo includes the citrus forward, light and refreshing Etsu Yuzu and the fresh and fruity Etsu Orange Gin. Both have abv’s of 43%.
Etsu Double Orange and Etsu Double Yuzu Gin are distilled at the Akita Distillery in the Akita prefecture of Japan in the Honshu Island. Akita Prefecture is located on the coast of the Sea of Japan and extends east to the Ōu Mountains, the longest mountain range in Japan.
Made using natural ingredients and great care, Etsu uses traditional botanicals such as Japanese yuzu, bitter orange peel, juniper berries, liquorice root, angelica, coriander and matcha, which are macerated for seven days to extract maximum flavour.
After maceration, the gin is distilled without the botanicals to allow the oils to infuse. Only after the distillation process is fresh mountain water added, which provides the gins with their inimitable fresh taste.
Etsu Distillery
Meaning “pleasure” in Japanese, Etsu is produced by the Asahikawa and Akita distilleries in Hokkaido and Honshu Island respectively. Following ancestral Asian recipes, they utilise unique homegrown herbs, spices and citrus fruits to capture the authentic taste of Japan in a bottle.
Etsu uses sugar cane molasses to provide a distinctive roundness but it’s the regular use of orange peel and yuzu as botanicals that sets the gins apart. The gins are reduced to their required abv’s by using mountain spring water.
Samantha Burke, Managing Director of Love Drinks, commented: “The Etsu Gin and Pacific have been stand-out performers for us, which shows that there is still plenty of interest in quality world gins that offer something unique. Etsu does exactly that through their production methods and botanicals, so we’re delighted to bring in these latest SKUs as Asian drinks continue to boom.”
About Love Drinks
Love Drinks is an independent import, distribution and marketing company for premium quality spirits, liqueurs and craft beers. Their portfolio represents quality, craft-distilled and family-owned brands that have a rich provenance, heritage and history.
Founded by Kirsty Loveday BEM in 2007, Love Drinks represent Abelha Organic Cachaça, The Bitter Truth Cocktail Range of Bitters and Liqueurs, Conker Distillery, Einstök Icelandic Craft Beers, Goslings Bermuda Rums, Hernö Gins, Ron Matusalem, The Ikigai Collection from BBC Spirits, Puerto De Indias, Virtuous Spirits, White Heron Drinks and the Recuerdo and ZIGNUM® Mezcal Brands.
Love Drinks pioneered Love Well – an initiative to help the health and wellbeing of people working in the hospitality industry. The company was named Drinks Business Drinks Distributor of the Year in 2019.
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