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.
当社は、「宝グループ 長期 Vision 2050」のありたい姿として、「和酒・日本食を世界の日常に」を掲げています。How this house works
Counted from the bottles below, not written about the company.
- What they distil
- 9 bottles here across 4 bases: 2 imo (sweet potato), 2 kome (rice), 2 mugi (barley) and 1 soba (buckwheat). 2 more sit outside the usual bases. Most houses here work one or two.
- Koji
- white, black and yellow koji all appear across these bottles, which is usually where the difference between them starts. Running all three is uncommon here.
- Ageing
- 2 of these are aged, 1 of them in cask.
- Strength
- 24 to 25 percent. 2 publish no strength.
In this catalogue
Towari Soba ShochuTasted at JurakuSoba (buckwheat) · Miyazaki (Takanabe)Start with Ginger beer, GrapefruitBeni-IkkoImo (sweet potato) · MiyazakiStart with Soda water, Passion fruitGankutsuoKome (rice) · MiyazakiStart with Jasmine tea, HibiscusKohaku no YokaichiMugi (barley) · MiyazakiStart with Hot water (oyuwari), GrapefruitKuro YokaichiImo (sweet potato) · MiyazakiStart with Hot water (oyuwari), CinnamonTakara Korui Shochu (1.75L)ShochuStart with Ginger ale, GrapefruitTakara Shochu JunShochuStart with Jasmine tea, LemonTakara Yokaichi Kome ShochuKome (rice) · MiyazakiStart with Oolong tea, LemonYokaichi Mugi Honkaku Barley ShochuMugi (barley)Start with Mugicha (barley tea), Grapefruit