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SAKE
Hideyoshi Continued
BREWING PHILOSOPHY
Producing premium, quality sake is the goal of Suzuki Shuzoten, generation after generation.
Ingredients are core to this: the sake rice they use, which is almost always of higher quality
and milling than is typical for the classification, yielding smoother sakes with incredibly long
finishes. The brewery is committed to using only local Akita sake rice, which imparts the deep,
rustic flavors to their sakes that make them so exceptionally food-friendly. Add to that the skill
and dedication of long-time toji (master brewer), Shigemasa Ishizawa further helps to deliver
consistently high-quality and singular sakes.
The brewery has developed a reputation not only for producing at a high level, but also
for making sakes that are truly unique. There can be no better example of this than the
remarkable Flying Pegasus Daiginjo Koshu. Limited to a production of only 300 bottles a year,
it is made using a blend of 3, 5, and 7-year aged sake, combining the unique attributes of each
into an infinitely complex whole.
Owned by
:
Naoki Suzuki
Master Brewer
:
Shigemasa Ishizawa
Founded in
:
1689
Region
:
Akita
Country
:
Japan
Sake
: Hideyoshi, Flying Pegasus Koshu Daigingo
Hideyoshi, Le Chamte Carbonated Sake
Hideyoshi, Namacho Honjozo