Kusu
Kusu (古酒（クース）): Awamori aged three years or more. Round, with a sweet aroma.
- Japanese
- 古酒（クース）（くーす）
- Group
- Shochu & awamori
From “Kusu (aged awamori) and shitsugi”
Kusu (古酒) is awamori of which every drop has been stored for three years or more. Since August 2015, awamori blended with younger spirit may no longer be called kusu. The longer it rests, the more it develops a sweet, vanilla-like aroma and a rounder, softer texture.
Related terms
- Aged sake (koshu)Sake aged for years: amber colour, caramel and nutty notes.
- AwamoriOkinawa's spirit from Thai rice and black koji, made with an all-koji mash.
- Ippanshu (regular awamori)Awamori aged less than three years: the everyday awamori, as opposed to kusu. In Okinawa it is mostly drunk with water.