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.
たのしい乾杯を紡ぎつづけて130年。まだ、130年。How this house works
Counted from the bottles below, not written about the company.
- What they distil
- 12 bottles here across 3 bases: 5 kome (rice), 4 imo (sweet potato) and 3 mugi (barley). Most houses here work one or two.
- Koji
- white and black koji all appear across these bottles, which is usually where the difference between them starts.
- Strength
- 25 to 35 percent. That is a wider spread than most houses here.
- Ageing
- 5 of these are aged.
In this catalogue
AmakusaKome (rice) · KumamotoStart with Oolong tea, LemonAmakusa Jukusei KoshuKome (rice) · KumamotoStart with Oolong tea, ChamomileAmakusa KoshuKome (rice) · KumamotoStart with Oolong tea, ChamomileBakusei Amakusa KoshuMugi (barley) · KumamotoStart with Mugicha (barley tea), GrapefruitIkenotsuyuImo (sweet potato) · KumamotoStart with Soda water, Passion fruitIkenotsuyu DochakuImo (sweet potato) · KumamotoStart with Ginger beer, GrapefruitIkenotsuyu HojoImo (sweet potato) · KumamotoStart with Soda water, GrapefruitIkenotsuyu KoshuImo (sweet potato) · KumamotoStart with Ginger beer, CinnamonJoatsu Bakusei AmakusaMugi (barley) · KumamotoStart with Mugicha (barley tea), GrapefruitTokuchu Bakusei AmakusaMugi (barley) · KumamotoStart with Mugicha (barley tea), LemonTokuchu Beisei AmakusaKome (rice) · KumamotoStart with Oolong tea, LemonTokusen AmakusaKome (rice) · KumamotoStart with Oolong tea, Chamomile