Botanicals from the Virungas & Beyond
Carefully selected botanicals — including Kinigi potato flower, lemongrass, and gooseberry sourced from the volcanic terrain around the Virunga Mountains — are vapour-infused through a modified still, alongside juniper, orange citrus, cassia cinnamon, white pepper, and pine.
Taste It at the SourceA One-Shot Gin
Kari Gin is a one-shot gin — one defined recipe, one batch, no dilution. It is proofed to 80 proof (40% ABV) with gravity water from the nearby volcanoes, the same water that filters through lava rock to make Kari Vodka.
How We Make It
How to Serve It
Try it in a Kari Kiss — tree tomato syrup and tonic — or a Kivu Kari with sweet vermouth, campari, and orange. Purists can keep it simple: neat, with a twist. The full cocktail list is on the Kinigi Table menu.
See the CocktailsCharacter
Clean and refreshing.
Nose
Inviting rosemary aromas.
Palate
Botanical-driven — bitter herbs, birch bark, and candied fruit.
Finish
Distinctive sassafras and vegetal notes that taper off slightly quickly.
"A clean and refreshing gin, this expression opens with inviting rosemary aromas, leading into a botanical-driven palate of bitter herbs, birch bark, and candied fruit, finishing with distinctive sassafras and vegetal notes that taper off slightly quickly."
Our flagship: a premium craft potato vodka made from "unloved" Kinigi potatoes — Gold Medal and Best Varietal Vodka at the World Vodka Awards 2025.
Discover Kari Vodka
"Kari Gin was the undisputed star of our event… smooth and floral, with notes that had our guests coming back for more."
Reservations
Info@VirungaMountainSpirits.comParties of 8 or more require a 50% deposit.