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Japanese Clear Spirit

Japanese Clear Spirit
Fashionable in Japan in recent years and gaining popularity worldwide, shochu can be made from ingredients such as rice, buckwheat, wheat, sweet potato and corn. As in the making of sake, soy sauce, and miso, during initial fermentation a 'starter' called koji is used. The single distillation method used to make traditional shochu keeps more of the flavour of its ingredients while the multiple distillation method is suited to making cocktails and fruit liquor. Shochu contains no fat or sugar and is good drunk mixed in cocktails or on its own.

Fukiage Shochu "Kaikouzu"
Fukiage Shochu Corporation

Made from Kurikogane, a potato which is exceptionally rare due to an unusual delicateness that makes it extremely difficult to grow, this shochu is truly head and shoulders above the rest. Made using black koji mould, it has an unmistakable mild sweetness, elegant, mellow flavour and a sharp, cool finish. Fukiage's other shochu products, each rich in individuality, include Kosatsuma Kame-jikomi, Komatsu Tatewaki and DŽco. Fukiage has over a century of distilling expertise, which can be tasted in all its products.

Fukiage Shochu \"Kaikouzu\"

Iichiko Silhouette 500ml
Sanwa Shurui Co., Ltd.

The lush greenery, refreshing breezes and pure cool water of Oita prefecture provide a fitting setting for the Sanwa Shurui distillery and brewery. Although the company employs different ingredients and processes to produce their Iichiko barley shochu, Wakabotan sake and Himikoajimu wine, the underlying concept is always the same: "Quality comes first". Carefully selecting the finest natural ingredients and water, Sanwa then applies advanced brewing and distilling technology to produce shochu and sake of the very highest quality. Sanwa is committed to always staying true to its ideals.

Iichiko Silhouette 500ml

Beniotome 25¡ 720 Kaku
Beniotome Shuzo Co., Ltd.

Beniotome has achieved a world first with this distilled liquor, made using no additives, which brings out the full, unadulterated flavour of sesame seeds. The company holds the patent for the distilling technique for this unique shochu. Sesame seeds are not only delicious, but also have a very high nutritional value, which makes them well-known as a health food. The flavour of sesame gives Beniotome's shochu its distinctive mellow taste and mild but enticing fragrance. It makes an ideal drink to enjoy while dining.

Beniotome 25¡ 720 Kaku

Gekkeikan Bizan
Gekkeikan Sake Co., Ltd.

Shochu is a traditional Japanese distilled beverage which has steadily grown in popularity since the 1990s. Gekkeikan specialises in rice-based shochu and has developed a production method based on low temperature fermentation, distillation and aging, resulting in a soft and fruity character. Gekkeikan's finest shochu includes the rich Bizan Gold, which blends oak barrel-aged shochu with fresh shochu. Bizan Super has a complex, refreshing flavour, with sake lees from ginjo sake added during the fermentation process. Sake lees are also added to Bizan Clear, which is light and easy to drink.

Gekkeikan Bizan

AKASHI-TAI TOKIWA
Akashi Sake Brewery Co., Ltd.

AKASHI-TAI TOKIWA is an endearing, clean and elegant rice shochu with a subtly sweet fragrance which derives naturally from its ingredients. It is superbly textured and well structured with a finish that lingers to caress the taste buds. With ice is the best way to savour all the elements AKASHI-TAI TOKIWA has to offer. However it can also be mixed with hot water, which releases a sweet aroma and gives a soft, round texture on the palate. Delicious with rice dishes, seafood, chicken and white cream sauce.

AKASHI-TAI TOKIWA

Asahi Shochu Line-up
Asahi Breweries, Ltd. Europe Branch

Ichibanfuda(second from right), which means 'number one card' in Japanese and is considered auspicious, is a premium shochu made from selected barley and pure water, distilled in time-honoured fashion and matured in oak casks. It is very smooth, and is great infused with herbs or fruit, or mixed in cocktails. Also available are "Satsumatsukasa"(second from left), made from sweet potato and "Daichi no Minori"(left), made from polished Japanese rice, which like "Ichibanfuda" have an alcohol content of 25%, and "Ichibanfuda Shiso"(right), a beautiful pale pink shochu flavoured with the Japanese herb perilla (abv 20%).

Asahi Shochu Line-up