In their own words
Quoted as the company wrote it, in Japanese. Translating a house's account of itself would make the words ours rather than theirs.
弊社は、明治24年（1891年）、創業者・明石仁右衛門が焼酎の製造を始めて、おかげさまで創業125年を迎えることが出来ました。How this house works
Counted from the bottles below, not written about the company.
- Strength
- 25 to 38 percent. That is a wider spread than most houses here.
- Koji
- white and black koji all appear across these bottles, which is usually where the difference between them starts.
- Ageing
- 2 of these are aged, 1 of them in cask.
- What they distil
- 8 bottles here, every one of them imo (sweet potato).
In this catalogue
Black Meigetsu 25 degreesImo (sweet potato) · MiyazakiStart with Soda water, KiwiIso no NamiheiImo (sweet potato) · MiyazakiStart with Ginger beer, GrapefruitMeigetsu 25 degreesImo (sweet potato) · MiyazakiStart with Ginger beer, GrapefruitMeigetsu MasariImo (sweet potato) · MiyazakiStart with Soda water, KiwiMeigetsu PremiumImo (sweet potato) · MiyazakiStart with Soda water, CinnamonMeigetsu Wine Yeast ShochuImo (sweet potato) · MiyazakiStart with Jasmine tea, GrapefruitMogetsuImo (sweet potato) · MiyazakiStart with Ginger beer, GrapefruitRoku Kannon (Six Deities)Imo (sweet potato) · MiyazakiStart with Hot water (oyuwari), Cinnamon