ORIGIN STORY

The genesis
of MaGin

Great adventures do not begin with a victory, but with an idea you refuse to let go of. The MaGin idea brought four friends together around the same dream: create a Belgian gin inspired by the world of manga. To find out how that idea became a bottle, then a whole universe, you have to go back to the very first chapter.

The Origins

Born from a
shared dream

MaGin is first of all the story of four friends, of shared passions and of the manga that marked a whole generation.

The years went by, but some things stayed: their fascination with Japan and that urge to create something together.

Then, one day, they decided to turn the idea into action. The MaGin adventure had just been born. But between the dream and the first bottle, one essential step remained: finding the right balance.

Belgium Japan 2024
MaGin Ki Yuzu — bottle in front of a manga shelf
The origins — MaGin, Liège × Tokyo
Craft Distillation

The craft
behind MaGin

Four botanicals. One balance to find.

The challenge was simple to state, far trickier to pull off: how do you bring together the brightness of yuzu, the roundness of vanilla, the character of bison grass and the power of juniper berry, without any one of them wiping out the others?

To get there, MaGin was developed alongside Radermacher, the oldest distillery in Belgium. Founded in 1836 in Raeren, it puts almost two centuries of know-how at the service of a resolutely different recipe.

From this meeting of tradition and daring came a gin that is smooth, aromatic and surprising. A balance that shows a different face depending on how you meet it: neat, in a gin and tonic or at the heart of a cocktail.

Tradition wrote the first chapter. The adventure carries on in every glass.

40%
ABV
Liège
Distillation
ORGANIC
Certified
0%
of added sugar
MaGin distillery — copper stills
MaGin distillery — Artisanal small batches · Liège
Botanicals

The soul of our gin

Yuzu — MaGin botanical
ユズ

Yuzu

Japanese citrus with bright, fresh and refined notes.

Vanilla — MaGin botanical
バニラ

Vanilla

Deep sweetness, a rounded mouthfeel

Bison Grass — MaGin botanical
バイソングラス

Bison Grass

Surprising, with herbaceous notes.

Juniper Berry — MaGin botanical
ジュニパー

Juniper Berry

Every hero has an origin. So does gin.

Aromatic Notes

The sensory
profile

A tasting in three acts. Every sip reveals a new layer of aromatic complexity.

Nose

Vanilla notes and a subtle sweetness bring aromatic depth. Yuzu shows up in the background, fresh and powerful at once.

Palate

Yuzu freshness in the first wave. A balance between the roundness of vanilla and the subtle bite of bison grass.

Finish

A pronounced length, growing complexity, a long and intricate finish. A signature you recognise instantly.

Our Philosophy

More than
just a gin

Like in shônen manga, our way, our nindō, comes down to 5 core pillars that guide every decision, every batch, every chapter.

  1. 勇気 Yūki · Courage Dare where others hesitate.
  2. 友情 Yūjō · Friendship Moving forward together, since the very first chapter.
  3. 挑戦 Chōsen · Challenge Always look to push past your own limits.
  4. 信念 Shinnen · Conviction Believe in your path and see it through.
  5. Yume · Dream Never stop dreaming big.
MaGin — Our philosophy, sharing and adventure
Our philosophy — Sharing above all
The Team

Let passion
be our guide

At MaGin, everyone has their own role, their own ideas and their own speciality. What we share? A love of manga old enough to fill a few shelves… and strong enough to give birth to a story of our own.

From the recipe to the packaging, from tastings to marketing, everything is dreamt up and fine-tuned as a team. No side characters here, no filler arcs: every detail moves the adventure forward.

Meet the team
The MaGin team — Lorenzo, Nicolas, Quentin, Jeremy facing the sunset
The MaGin team — Liège, 2025
The invitation

Dive into
the MaGin
universe

MaGin is an invitation to explore, discover and feel. Every bottle is a chapter. Every sip, an adventure.