Japan
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Sake
Japan's ancient rice brew — not a spirit but a fermented drink of polished rice, water, koji and yeast, as deep and varied as wine. Ingredients: sake rice polished to remove outer layers (the finest daiginjo grades polis…
Japanese Whisky
Scotland's discipline, Japan's soul: Japanese whisky is famed for precision, purity and balance — and for winning the world's top whisky honors. Ingredients: malted barley and grains, pristine water, yeast, and time in o…
Shochu
Japan's quiet giant: a distilled spirit of sweet potato, barley, rice or buckwheat, lighter than whisky and made to accompany food. Ingredients: a base ingredient — imo (sweet potato), mugi (barley), kome (rice) or soba…
Umeshu
Umeshu: Japan's beloved plum liqueur — green ume plums steeped in shochu or sake with rock sugar until the spirit turns amber and almond-sweet. Origins: plum wine appears in Edo-period texts as a home remedy and pleasure…
World Spirits
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