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Carefully distilled according to traditional methods using only authentic Japanese ingredients, Tokiwa is a premium rice shochu. With 25% abv it tastes clean and dry to the palate with subtle hints of lime, peach and lychee. Tokiwa can be enjoyed over ice, with a meal or as a digestif, but also makes a perfect cocktail ingredient. To make chuhai pour 50ml Akashi-Tai Tokiwa in a glass with ice and top up with grapefruit juice or green tea.
The Fujii Brewery has a stunning range of character-full shochu to suit any taste. Fushigiya barley shochu is an award-winning blend, robust with a distinct aroma. Bungo no Sato is the brewery’s premium blend, an organic barley shochu, mellow and complex; a cellar-aged version is available in a striking ceramic bottle. The same finest quality water and koji are used in potato shochu, such as the outstanding Nomichore, bottled in both glass and ceramic. Careful cellar-aging makes this gently sweet, mellow shochu an eminently drinkable and versatile choice.
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.
Hakutake Shiro is a premium rice shochu produced in southern Japan. It takes as its main ingredient the mineral-rich subsoil water that flows into the River Kuma from the region's mountains. Shochu made here is known as Kuma Shochu, and has a 500 year history. Tradition, time-honoured techniques, and nature’s bounty are combined into this rich, mellow shochu, which is crisp and fresh on the palate. The fruity, elegant rice-based notes and easy-drinking style make it ideal with almost any dish. It is also excellent enjoyed on the rocks.
The Tasaki Distillery, established in 1888, is located in an area famed for the quality of its water. Since then it has built up a reputation for making outstanding shochu from this delicious water and locally grown sweet potatoes of the highest quality. The distillery excels at maturing shochu, resulting in a rich aroma and complex flavour, using traditional methods passed down faithfully through the ages. Tanabata is a particularly special shochu, rich with the natural sweetness of the potatoes, smooth on the palate, with an elegant and rounded finish