Hayashi Ryuhei Shuzojo (林龍平酒造場)
Hayashi Ryuhei Shuzojo is a distillery, founded in 1837. A brewery in Miyako town, Kyoto District, Fukuoka Prefecture, making sake under the Kyushugiku brand. It uses groundwater from Mount Hiko as its brewing water.
- Makes
- Shochu
What kind of distillery is it?
The brewery was founded in 1837 in what is now the Nakatsu area of the Ogura domain. Its founder, Kumatarou Hayashi, was adopted into the family as husband of the daughter of Heisaku, a merchant who ran brewing, soy sauce and wax businesses. Kumatarou narrowed the family trade to sake brewing. In 1935 the brand was renamed from Wakakusa to Kyushugiku, a name chosen by the third-generation Kurou Hayashi, who loved chrysanthemums. Through the postwar years, when many brewers in the Keichiku area closed, the brewery kept the Kyushugiku name established locally. A chimney marked with the brand name, once used when coal mining was at its height, still stands as the brewery's symbol.
What makes it distinct
- Water
- The brewery brews with groundwater from Mount Hiko.
- Style
- The brewery aims for sake with the umami of rice and a clean, smooth finish.
Compiled with AI from public pages, mainly the brewery’s own site (not yet checked by the brewery)Sources: kusugiku.jp