Kagoshima Shuzo (鹿児島酒造)
Kagoshima Shuzo is a distillery in Kagoshima Prefecture, known for Yakiimo Kurose, Kuratsu and Kurose Yasumitsu. Kagoshima Shuzo is a shochu distillery in Akune, Kagoshima, that carries on the craft of the Kurose toji brewers. It is known for its roasted sweet potato shochu, Yakiimo Kurose. KIKI lists 3 of its bottles.
AI-compiled from public information, not checked by the brewery.
Key facts
| Name | Kagoshima Shuzo (鹿児島酒造) |
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| Location | Kagoshima Prefecture |
| Makes | Shochu |
| Website | kagosyuzo.jp |
What kind of distillery is it?
History
The Akune distillery follows the lineage of the Kurose toji, brewers who raised the quality of shochu through black koji. In 1967 Kurose Yasumitsu, a son of Kurose Kinjiro, became head brewer here at age 30 and worked on roasted sweet potato shochu and long-aged imo shochu. The company took the name Kagoshima Shuzo in 1987, and in 2013 the distillery was renamed the Kurose Toji Heritage Brewery. A second-generation toji now leads production on a hillside facing the sea, making food-friendly shochu such as the white koji Satsuma Morohaku.
What makes it distinct
| Also | Continues the Kurose toji tradition, located in Sakaemachi, Akune |
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| Style | Satsuma Morohaku is an imo shochu made with white koji and Koganesengan sweet potato |
| Master brewer | A second-generation toji took the post in 2018 (per the distillery's history page) |
Visiting
Tours run 9:00 to 16:00; advance booking is advised (per the Kagoshima shochu makers' association).
- Tours
Bottles from this distillery
The KIKI app knows 26 bottles from this maker (3 on this site).
| Bottle | Type | Per 720 ml |
|---|---|---|
| Yakiimo Kurose Roasted Sweet Potato Shochuやきいも黒瀬 | Sweet potato shochu | ¥1,140 |
| Kuratsu Sweet Potato Shochu倉津 | Sweet potato shochu | ¥1,060 |
| Kurose Yasumitsu Sweet Potato Shochu黒瀬安光 | Sweet potato shochu | ¥3,987 |