Kubo Honke Shuzo (久保本家酒造)
Kubo Honke Shuzo is a brewery, founded in 1702. A sake brewery in Uda, Nara, making sake by the Kimoto method and aging some sake for over ten years before sale.
- Makes
- Sake
Where to buy
What kind of brewery is it?
Oudo lies near the old capital at Asuka. The first head of the family came down from the mountains of Yoshino and began brewing on the present site in the Genroku era of the Edo period. The family has continued brewing for more than 300 years. Today the brewery works on the Kimoto method, a traditional approach from the Edo period, and ages some sake in the brewery for over ten years before sale.
What makes it distinct
- Style
- The brewery bases its sake on the Kimoto method, a traditional approach from the Edo period.
- Yeast
- The brewery relies on lactic acid bacteria and yeast that live in the brewery, allowing them time to work.
- Master brewer
- The toji is the brewery's master brewer.
- Also
- Some sake is aged in the brewery for over ten years before sale.
Visiting
- Tasting & food
The café attached to the brewery, Sakagura Cafe Kubo Honke Shuzo Hanare, is open from 11:30 to 16:00, closed on Mondays and Tuesdays, with occasional temporary closures.
Compiled with AI from public pages, mainly the brewery’s own site (not yet checked by the brewery)Sources: kubohonke.com