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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Jinzu was launched in 2014 and was the invention of Dee Davis, an English bartender who created it a year earlier as an entrant to Diageo’s Show Your Spirit competition – which he won. Recommended serves of this 41.3 % spirit are Indian tonic and green apple, but it is also enjoyable supped neat, with a very passing resemblance to those cherry menthol sweets for sore throats, but in a far, far more subtle and pleasing way. of the Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co. Ltd., located in the upstream region of the river. In the mid-1960s, the victims of Itai-itai disease As usual, I tried Jinzu neat, in a G&T, in a saketini and a negroni. Neat, it’s very smooth and easy to drink. Nothing overwhelming about the spirit at all. It makes decent G&T. Jinzu gin saketini garnished with umboshi Minamata City. (2007). Minamata byo: sono rekishi to kyokun (in Japanese, Minamata disease: Its history and lessons). Minamata city. Kobayashi E, Suwazono Y, Dochi M, Honda R, Kido T (2009a) Association of lifetime cadmium intake or drinking Jinzu River water with the occurrence of renal tubular dysfunction. Environ Toxicol 24(5):421–428

Once her idea was selected for the final, Dee was invited to Diageo’s World Innovation Centre, where she worked with Nicola Rowntree to turn the product from concept to liquid. They did this by making a compound gin with a juniper distillate and sake distillate and adding the other flavours as essences. Once they established what worked, they transferred this – through a process of trial and error – to a distilled recipe. The resulting product was extremely popular with the judges, and Jinzu Gin was born. Suwazono Y, Kido T, Nakagawa H, Nishijo M, Honda R, Kobayashi E, Dochi M, Nogawa K (2009) Biological half-life of cadmium in the urine of inhabitants after cessation of cadmium exposure. Biomarkers 14:77–81 disease until the 1960s. A local physician, with cooperation from outside experts, confirmed that the disease was caused by pollution from the Kamioka mine Scottish made Jinzu is just one example of the blooming tipple. Designed by bartender Dee Davies for Diageo’s Show Your Spirit competition in 2013, this gin includes cherry blossom, yuzu and sake to create a twist on the classic juniper flavour. 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.Yoshioka K. Epidemiological study on relationship between itai-itai disease and mining nuisance. Yamaguchi Igaku. 1964;13:146–71. (in Japanese) The One-Handed saber also requires 10 Jedi Relics, which can be looted from any Force Sensitive Elite NPC, say, the Witches of Dathomir, how convenient!

Friberg L, Elinder CG, Kjellstrom T, Nordberg GF. Cadmium and health: a toxicological and epidemiological approach, vol. Vol 1, 2. Boca Raton: CRC Press; 1986. Toyama Prefecture Department of Health. 1976 Present status of pollution of soil and its countermeasure. In: White Paper on Environmental Pollution. Toyama: 128–135 (in Japanese). Harada, M. (1989). Minamata byo ga utsusu sekai (in Japanese, The World, Reflected by Minamata). Tokyo: Nihon Hyoron Sha. Distilled from a blend of Scottish gin, this zesty tipple also features Junmai sake, which is perhaps what provides the silky finish and subtle sweetness. We liked it vey much, and immediately compared it to another B&L discovery, Roku which also includes the tartness of Yuzu peel as one of its botanicals. Jinzu smells like a typical London dry – offering juniper and lime – but with floral notes from the cherry and addition of Angelica root. The Coriander provides the finishing warmth, while the sake introduces an earthy element, which is surprisingly pleasant. Brown, P. (1992). Popular epidemiology and toxic waste contamination: lay and professional ways of knowing. Journal of Health and Social Behaviour, 33, 267–281.Nogawa K, Kido T (1996) Itai-itai disease and health effects of cadmium. In: Chang LW (ed) Toxicology of Metals. CRC Press, New York, pp 353–369 Nogawa K, and Kido T. 1996 Itai-itai disease and health effects of cadmium. In: Chang LW, ed. Toxicology of metals.NewYork: CRC; 353–369. Epstein, S. (1995). The construction of lay expertise: AIDS activism and the forging of credibility in the reform of clinical trials. Science, Technology and Human Values, 20, 408–437. Department of Social and Environmental Medicine, Kanazawa Medical University, Uchinada, 920-0293, Japan 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

In a bid to tap into the gin craze that shows no signs of slowing down, the trend for Japanese-inspired versions of the spirit has been sweeping the UK. Made with a variety of exotic ingredients, these gins contain one distinctly Japanese element that makes them perfect for spring. The key botanical is cherry blossom, the symbolic flower that is celebrated at festivals around Japan each spring. Kobayashi E. 1982 An epidemiological study on the health effects of environmental cadmium. (Part 1) Some urinary findings by sex and age. Jan J Pub Health 29, 123–133 (in Japanese). Hata, A., & Mukai, Y. (2014). Itai-itai byo to Fukushima: koremade no 100 nen korekara no 100 nen (in Japanese, Itai-itai disease and Fukushima: previous 100 years and next 100 years). Tokyo: Goto Shoin.Friberg L, Piscator M, Nordberg G (1971) The Itai-itai disease. In: Friberg L, Piscator M, Nordberg G (eds) Cadmium in the environment. Ohio. CRC press, pp 111–114 Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan. Surveys of actual status of cadmium concentrations in agricultural products. http://www.maff.go.jp/j/press/syouan/nouan/160223.html. Sato R, Kido T, Nakagawa H, Nishijo M, Honda R, Kobayashi E, Suwazono Y (2013) Twenty-two-year observation on urinary cadmium and ß2-microglobulin in inhabitants after cessation of cadmium-exposure in Japan. Open J Nephrol 3:205–210 Junmai is brewed using only rice, water, yeast, and koji — there are no other additives, such as sugar or alcohol. Nogawa K, Ishizaki A, Kobayashi E. 1979 A comparison between health effects of cadmium and cadmium concentration in urine among inhabitants of Itai-itai disease endemic district. Environ Res 18, 397–409.

Nixon, R. (1971). Public papers of the Presidents of the United States: Richard Nixon, containing the public messages, speeches, and statements of the President 1970. Washington D.C.: United States Government Printing Office. Skröder H, Hawkesworth S, Kippler M, Arifeen SE, Wagatsuma Y, Moore SE, Vahter M (2015) Kidney function and blood pressure in preschool-aged children ex-posed to cadmium and arsenic-potential alleviation by selenium. Environ Res 140:205–213Itai-itai disease was first noticed in the Junzu River basin region in Toyama Prefecture in central Japan around the 1930s. However, it was not identified as a cadmium poisoning Teeyakasem W, Nishijo M, Honda R, Satarug S, Swaddiwudhipong W, Ruangyuttikarn W (2007) Monitoring of cadmium toxicity in a Thai population with high-level environmental exposure. Toxicol Lett 169:185–195 In the present study, 27 patients who underwent autopsy (93% of 29 autopsy cases of Itai-itai disease with Cd poisoning registered as the cause of death in vital statistics data) died early during the observation period (less than 10 years). The most common direct causes of death in these patients were bronchopneumonia/pneumonia (10 deaths, 37% of thepatients) and GI tract diseases (nine deaths, 33% of thepatients) including haemorrhage and ulcers (seeonline supplementary tabl e 2). These data were collected from a study of the direct causes of death listed in the autopsy records of 98 patients with Itai-itai disease performed in Toyama University Hospital by Kitagawa. 5 These autopsy records showed direct causes of death of 75 women with Itai-itai disease: GI tract diseases in 25 cases (33.3%), bronchitis and pneumonia in 20 cases (26.7%), kidney and urinary tract diseases in 9 cases (12.0%) and malignant neoplasms in 6 cases (8.0%). 5 Additionally, 14 patients (56% of GI tract diseases cases) died from ulcers in the stomach, duodenum and rectum and 6 patients (24% of GI tract diseases cases) died from haemorrhagic inflammation of the oesophagus, sigmoid colon and rectum. These data are consistent with results of main causes of deaths in patients with Itai-itai disease in the present study, even if the direct cause of death of 18 patients was still Cd poisoning according to vital statistics data. These findings further suggest that typical women with Itai-itai disease died earlier from pneumonia and haemorrhagic ulcer and inflammation, owing to stress and debility resulting from prolonged ill health combined with chronic pain and severe renal anaemia due to Cd exposure.