Hamachi Shuzo (Suginoya) (浜地酒造株式会社)
Hamachi Shuzo is a brewery in Fukuoka City founded in 1870, making the Suginoya sake and also craft beer, the first beer brewery licensed in Fukuoka Prefecture.
- Makes
- Sake
Where to buy
What kind of brewery is it?
In the Edo period the family served as head village headman over the Ito-Shima area, and sake brewed from surplus tax rice was offered to guests. The brewery was founded in 1870. The first-generation Shinkuro Hamachi loved the performing arts and built a stage of cedar, which gave rise to the name Suginoya. In the summer of 1996 it obtained the first beer brewing license in Fukuoka Prefecture and began making beer.
What makes it distinct
- Water
- The brewing draws on clear water from the Sefuri mountains.
Visiting
- Tours
- Shop
- Tasting & food
A reservation-based premium brewery tour (about 2.5 hours, 16:15 to 20:00, 3 to 8 guests, 22,000 yen including tax, food and drink included) is offered. The shop offers free tastings except craft beer, and the Garten serves draft beer.
Compiled with AI from public pages, mainly the brewery’s own site (not yet checked by the brewery)Sources: suginoya.co.jp