Ki No Bai
Kyoto plum & berry liqueur
TASTING NOTES
Aroma
Aromas of blackcurrant and cherries on the nose.
Taste
Ruby red and silky in appearance, hints of almonds and pine cones on the palate.
Finish
A medium length finish is beautifully balanced between sweet and sour.
Groups & BOTANICALS
base
Juniper Berry, Orris Root and Akamatsu
citrus
Yuzu, Lemon
herbal
Sanshō pepper, kinome
spice
Ginger
TEA
Green tea (Gyokuro)
FRUITY & FLORAL
Bamboo leaves, Red Shiso leaves
HASKAP BERRY
JAPANESE PLUM
Ki No Bai with
Japanese Plum & Haskap Berry
We take the classic British approach of flavouring gin with sloe berries and give it an authentic Kyoto twist by swapping sloe berries for ume plums and haskap berries to create a one-of-a-kind liqueur.
Perfectly ripe Kyoto-grown plums are picked from Akio Tanaka’s farm south of Uji at the peak of the season and macerated for several months in a specially tweaked version of our award-winning gin. When optimum extraction is reached, the ume plums are removed and we add haskap berries from Hokkaido for a few short weeks: these are then discarded before our delicious liqueur is sweetened with sugar also from Japan’s northernmost island.
Haskap comes from the Ainu word meaning “the little present at the end of the branch”: they are from the honeysuckle family and are also known as honeyberries.
KYOTO DISTILLERY Cocktails
Reviews
Enjoy a harmony of bitterness and sour flavours where the citrus lifts the deep, fruity and rich taste of KI NO BAI.
Reviews
The depth of flavour that comes from KI NO BAI, with its perfect balance of sweet and sour, lengthened with soda water for a long and refreshing aperitif.
Reviews
A reduction in tonic water content allows the refined KI NO BI flavour to shine whilst still adding a hint of sweetness.
