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Beni-Ikko
Beni-Ikko
Type of Shochu: Otsu Rui
Main Ingredient: Sweet Potato, Sweet Potato Koji
Type of Koji-Kin: White Koji Kin
Distillation Method: Single (Normal Pressure)
Aged: N/A
Alcohol by Volume: 25%
Food Pairings: Fried Chicken, Yakitori, Well-Seasoned Meat Dishes, Grilled Fish, Creamy Dishes
Tasting Notes: Distilled from 100% Beni Satsuma Sweet Potatoes (a sweet, mild specialty sweet potato of Southern Kyushu) and made using an original Sweet Potato Koji instead of Rice Koji. The sophisticated round, sweet taste and elegant, soft aromatics of Beni Satsuma are drawn out with Komaki Jozo's technique.
Size: 750ml
Distillery: Takara Sake USA
Distillery Location: Miyazaki
Founded: 1983
Profile: Takara Sake USA Inc. was established in 1983 in Berkley, California and became a member of Takara Group, the leading corporation of alcohol related business in Japan. Takara has a well of experience producing sake, mirin and shochu, accumulated over a period of more than one-and-a-half centuries. Takara Sake USA has taken pure snow melt from the Sierra Nevada Mountains and superior rice from the fertile Sacramento Valley. To this, they apply traditional sake-making craftmanship and modern technology to produce a sake worthy of Takara mark.
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