After winning the whiskey game, Japan’s House of Suntory has returned with a charcoal filtered craft vodka and it’s not your usual party drink.

Haku draws on the Japanese tradition of craftsmanship to create an elegant craft spirit designed to be sipped neat or served simply with soda, so you can save that can of mixer for another time.

The new offering reveals sweet delicate floral aromas of rice on the nose, followed by a complex flavour of rice on the palate, finishing with a lingering sweetness.

Distilled in Kagoshima, the vodka is made with pure Japanese white rice which has been fermented with koji, a local fungus used to make soy sauce, miso and sake. The vodka is then twice distilled then filtered using bamboo charcoal, which helps to preserve the sweet and subtle flavours of the rice grains.

Haku vodka is priced at $65 and is available to buy from all major bottle stores across the country. For more details, head to hakuvodka.suntory.com.