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.
大正11年に創業した弥生焼酎醸造所は、奄美大島で最も古い蔵元です。How this house works
Counted from the bottles below, not written about the company.
- Koji
- white and yellow koji all appear across these bottles, which is usually where the difference between them starts.
- Ageing
- 4 of these are aged, 3 of them in cask.
- What they distil
- 7 bottles here, every one of them kokuto (brown sugar).
- Strength
- 25 to 30 percent. 3 publish no strength.
In this catalogue
Blue OceanKokuto (brown sugar) · KagoshimaStart with Hot water (oyuwari), CinnamonMankoi 30Kokuto (brown sugar) · KagoshimaStart with Ginger beer, CinnamonThe Ancient Black RabbitKokuto (brown sugar) · KagoshimaStart with Ginger beer, CinnamonYayoi 30Kokuto (brown sugar) · KagoshimaStart with Hot water (oyuwari), CinnamonYayoi Araroka Kokuto ShochuKokuto (brown sugar) · Kagoshima (Amami Oshima)Start with Ginger beer, GingerYayoi GenshuKokuto (brown sugar) · KagoshimaStart with Ginger beer, CinnamonYayoi Iriomote IslandKokuto (brown sugar) · KagoshimaStart with Hot water (oyuwari), Cinnamon