Adelaide-based distillery Twenty Third St. Distillery has launched its latest variety, Yuzu Gin. It is a well-balanced fruity gin with candied orange and lemon peel notes, pepper, and pine undertones, rounded out with juniper, chamomile and coriander, plus Australian natives cinnamon myrtle, pink peppercorn and strawberry gum.
Brand manager Amelia Wright said it was a sense-awakening postcard from the Riverland. Highly fragrant yuzu and Buddha’s Hand fruit, sourced from a single Riverland orchard, are incorporated whole along with hand-peeled rind from Cara Cara and blood oranges in Twenty Third St. Distillery’s Copper Pot No. 3.
“It combines traditional citrus and botanicals with heightening native spices and, of course, the Riverland Yuzu and Buddha’s Hand,” Wright said.
“The result is a refreshing, juicy sweetness with lingering zest and warmth, partnered with soft floral citrus aromas. It’s best served as a thirst-quenching G&T which will reveal the natural ‘cloudy’ mixing effect.”
Each bottle is adorned with custom artwork created by South Australian artist Claire Ishino, inspired by Japanese sunsets blending with the Australian climate and the Riverland yuzu fruit that flavours the spirit.
Twenty Third St. Distillery Yuzu Gin is available form Dan Murphy’s and the distillery in Renmark, South Australia.
