Jinzu Gin | 41.3% vol | 70cl | British Gin with Flavour of Cherry Blosom & Yuzu Citrus Fruit | Flavoured Gin Finished with Japanese Sake | Enjoy with Tonic in a Gin Glass

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Fujikawa, K. (2005). Kogai Higai Houchi no Sho-yoin (in Japanese, Various Factors for Negligence to Pollution). Kankyo-shakai-gaku Kenkyu (Journal of Environmental Sociology), 11, 103–116.

Junmai is brewed using only rice, water, yeast, and koji — there are no other additives, such as sugar or alcohol. Moriguchi J, Ezaki T, Tsukahara T, Fukui Y, Ukai H, Okamoto S, Shimbo S, Sakurai H, Ikeda M. Effects of aging on cadmium and tubular dysfunction markers in urine from adult women in non-polluted areas. Int Arch Occup Environ Health. 2005;78:446–51. Juniper, coriander and angelica are macerated in the pot still before cherry blossom and Yuzu are added. Flavour Kido T, Honda R, Tsuritani I, Ishizaki M, Yamada Y, Nakagawa H, Nogawa K (1991b) Significant increase of urinary mucoprotein in environmental cadmium-exposed Japanese subjects. Toxicol Lett 55(3):303–309 To make the gin, juniper, coriander and angelica are added to a neutral grain spirit in a traditional copper pot still. They are allowed to macerate for a short while before the cherry blossom and yuzu are added. There is no set amount of time for each run, rather the distillers will decide when to cut based on their knowledge of distillates, but it can take anywhere between two to two and a half hours.Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan. Monitoring of cadmium concentration of rice in rice-producing areas of Japan. http://www.maff.go.jp/j/syouan/nouan/kome/k_cd/documents/02_mon.html.

In previous studies of residents in Cd-polluted areas, identified thecauses of deaths contributing to increased mortality were renal diseases, 9–11 stroke 10–13 and cancer. 14 Increased cancer mortality is a significant research interest, because Cd and its compounds are classified as human carcinogens by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). 15 16 However, in Japanese cohort studies in the Cd-polluted Kakehashi River basin, no increased cancer mortality risk has been reported, with the exception of increased cancer mortality during the first 5-year observational period in women with renal tubular dysfunction. 10 11 13 Recently, we conducted a 26-year follow-up of residents aged≥50 years in the Jinzu River basin, an endemic area of Itai-itai disease, and non-polluted areas in Toyama Prefecture, who participated in the first stage of health impact survey conducted by the Ministry of Environment in Japan to screen people at a risk of Itai-itai disease from 1976 to 1984. 17 After determining thecauses of death by successful data linkage with vital statistics data, we found that 267 women with renal tubular dysfunction in the Cd-polluted Jinzu River basin showed an increased mortality risk from cancer, ischaemic heart diseases and renal diseases compared with women in non-polluted areas. 18 JSPS International Research Fellow, Centre for Health and Environmental Risk Research, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Japan Suwazono Y, Sand S, Vahter M, Filipsson AF, Skerfving S, Lidfeldt J, Akesson A. Benchmark dose for cadmium-induced renal effects in humans. Environ Health Perspect. 2006;114:1072–6. This tasty gin is exactly as quoted on the bottle and above – and is yet another find from our trusty Gin Scouts, Bill and Lesley. Jinzu Gin is distilled in Scotland yet is presented with a very Japanese style of painting on the bottle depicting cherry branches and blossom. Its name also giving a hint of the anomalous treasures within and apparently named after Japan’s Jinzu River, which is lined with thousands of cherry trees. Horiguchi H, Aoshima K, Oguma E, Sasaki S, Miyamoto K, Hosoi Y, Katoh T, Kayama F. Latest status of cadmium accumulation and its effects on kidneys, bone, and erythropoiesis in inhabitants of the formerly cadmium-polluted Jinzu River Basin in Toyama, Japan, after restoration of rice paddies. Int Arch Occup Environ Health. 2010;83:953–70.If you’re looking to toast the arrival of the warmer weather, this twist on a classic could be the drink for you. Jinzu Gin is the unique idea from British barkeeper Dee Davies. Jinzu won Diageo?s high-profile competition ?Show Your Spirit? and was taken-on by the company. The spirit uses British gin as a base, having the classic juniper perfume which is beloved by millions. Sake from cherry blossom is adding during distillation to create a gin, the likes of which you have never seen before. Two alcohols in one, what could be better?