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HONKAKU

SHOCHU

HONKAKU SHOCHU JAPAN Honkaku Spirits is devoted to bringing intensely artisanal Japanese spirits to discerning American customers with a focus on koji-based spirits. Working exclusively with family-run suppliers, Honkaku Spirits endeavors to introduce the finest traditional spirits of Japan. CHIRAN DISTILLERY CHIRAN-CHO, KAGOSHIMA PREFECTURE Chiran Tea Chu Honkaku Shochu 50PF / 750ML The earthiness of the sweet potatoes is balanced perfectly by the gentle astringency of two of the region’s most sought-after tea cultivars. SHORO DISTILLERY, KUSHIMA, MIYAZAKI PREFECTURE Colorful Honkaku Shochu Sweet Potato and Rice Distilled Spirits 60PF / 750ML / 1.8L Colorful is a blend of two sweet potatoes, each using different sweet potato varieties and koji strains. This shochu is wild! Our initial sips revealed nectarines, pie crust, with aromas of raisins, papaya, and sour gummy worms. This is an intellectual sipper, perfect for the eager shochu nerd in your life. 95pts Wine Enthusiast YOSHINAGA DISTILLERY, KOSHIKI ISLAND, KAGOSHIMA PREFECTURE Goro Satsuma Honkaku Sweet Potato Rice Shochu 50PF / 750ML Named after the distillery’s founder, Goro is made with domestic short-grain Japanese rice for white koji propagation and locally harvested sweet potatoes. The two-stage fermentation is done first in clay amphora then single pot-distilled. Aged in enamel tanks for at least one year before being diluted with firefly spring water JIKUYA DISTILLERY SATSUMA-CHO, KAGOSHIMA PREFECTURE Jikuya White Sweet Pot Rice Shochu 50PF / 750ML This sweet potato shochu is made from Kagoshima-harvested ingredients and begins its life fermenting in decades-old clay pots buried up to their shoulders in the distillery floor. Anno imo sweet potatoes are added to the secondary fermentation, imparting equal parts sweet and spicy notes. After a single pass through a pot still, the spirit is rested for at least three years in unglazed clay pots, which adds to the drink’s depth of flavor.

Intensely artisanal spirits made by master craftsmen

reflect the true spirit of Japan.

100% barley Shochu aged a

minimum of 5 years before dilution and bottling with notes of rich, roasted coffee and dark chocolate.

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