Inoue Shuzo (井上酒造)

Where to buy

What kind of brewery is it?

The brewery began making sake in 1804 in the Otsuru area of Hita. It released the sake Tsunonoi in 1908 and was incorporated as a limited partnership company in 1954. In 1964 it built the GoRinkan year-round brewing house, and in 1978 it obtained a license to wholesale all kinds of alcoholic beverages. A barley shochu, Kyushu Nmon, went on sale in 1983, and in 1991 the Seikei Bunko exhibition facility was opened to show belongings of a former finance minister. In 2004 the company became a stock company, and to mark 200 years since its founding it released the barley shochu Momosuke and the rice shochu Mon. Liqueur production began in 2009.

What makes it distinct

Water

The brewery uses the cold climate of the Hita basin and groundwater flowing from the Hikosan range.

Ingredients

The Tsunonoi junmai sake uses Yumeikon and Yamada Nishiki rice, polished to 70%.

Style

Parallel multiple fermentation is used to make mellow, rich-flavored sake and shochu.

Visiting

• Shop

The brewery has an on-site sales shop at its address in Ohi, Hita. It is about a 5-minute taxi ride from JR Otsuru Station, and parking is available. The Seikei Bunko museum, at a separate address, is by appointment only, open 10:00 to 17:00, with an admission fee of 300 yen per person.

Compiled with AI from public pages, mainly the brewery’s own site (not yet checked by the brewery)Sources: kakunoi.com