Sông Cái Distillery
Sông Cài Distillery was established in Hanoi, Vietnam, in 2018 by Vietnamese-American sustainable agriculture visionary Daniel Nguyen. Sông Cái sources botanicals from long-standing farming and foraging communities in northern Vietnam, including the H’mong, Red Dzao, and Kinh families. Sông Cái invests back into the communities through paying fair prices for botanicals, funding reforestation programs, aiding heirloom botanical preservation, community education assistance, and shared farming equipment and processing facilities. The name Sông Cái translates to “Mother River”, paying homage to the cradle of Vietnamese civilisation and the Vietnamese spiritual relationship with the nature. 

Sông Cái Dry Gin (45% ABV)

  • Botanicals: 16 botanicals including juniper, jungle pepper, green turmeric, black cardamom, liquorice, heirloom pomelo, mác mât fruit and leaves. Base Spirit: Grain.
  • Serving Suggestion: Gin & Tonic with a garnish of a lemongrass stick or lime, or in a Martini or Gin Sour.
  • Tasting Notes: Aromas of sweet citrus peel, fresh pine, lychee. On the palate, notes of spiced citrus, honey, and juniper. A warm finish of woody notes and soft tannins.
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Also Available from Sông Cái Distillery

Sông Cái Floral Gin (45% ABV)
  • Inspired by the flora from the mountains to the deltas and featuring 5 flowers including dragon claw flower, ylang ylang, jasmine, michelia alba, and pomelo.

Sông Cài Spiced Roselle (31% ABV)
  • A spiced gin base macerated with rose myrtle berries and roselle buds for over a year, giving a character between an amaro and a sloe gin.

Meet the Makers

"I developed relationships with local farming and foraging communities in northern Vietnam. I started to truly understand the significance of native botanicals – which were most important to local communities, and were in danger of being lost." - Daniel Nguyen, Founder
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