Prefecture: Iwate
Rice Varieties: Gin Ginga and Ginga No Shizuku (FROM IWATE)
Rice Milling Ratio (seimaibuai): 50%
Alcohol: 13%
Akabu has a special place in our heart. Their style can range drastically on a whim, such as we have with this sumptuous seasonal sake. This is a special release called Hiyaoroshi. Hiyaoroshi (sometimes used interchangeably with the term, akiagari) is a general term referring to sake that has been pasteurized once in the winter and then allowed to mature over the summer before it is released in the fall. This sake is ripe with flavors of passionfruit, papaya, banana and pineapple. It is lush and full-bodied, soft and so pretty!
Leading the Sake industry in Japan out of Iwate Prefecture is AKABU’s 6th Generation, the young and talented Master Brewer, Ryunosuke Furudate. Guided by their passion, Furudate and his team harness every bit of their soul to evolve sake production as we know it.
Established in 1896, the original brewery was devasted by the Tohoku earthquake in 2011 and suffered complete destruction. It was in 2013 that the new brewery was built in Morioka City, and in 2014 the current era of AKABU was born. Despite the youth of this new generation, within their first few years, AKABU was awarded the Gold Prize in the Annual Japan Sake Awards 2016, followed by the distinction as the #1 ranked sake producer in all of Iwate.
Rice Varieties: Gin Ginga and Ginga No Shizuku (FROM IWATE)
Rice Milling Ratio (seimaibuai): 50%
Alcohol: 13%
Akabu has a special place in our heart. Their style can range drastically on a whim, such as we have with this sumptuous seasonal sake. This is a special release called Hiyaoroshi. Hiyaoroshi (sometimes used interchangeably with the term, akiagari) is a general term referring to sake that has been pasteurized once in the winter and then allowed to mature over the summer before it is released in the fall. This sake is ripe with flavors of passionfruit, papaya, banana and pineapple. It is lush and full-bodied, soft and so pretty!
Leading the Sake industry in Japan out of Iwate Prefecture is AKABU’s 6th Generation, the young and talented Master Brewer, Ryunosuke Furudate. Guided by their passion, Furudate and his team harness every bit of their soul to evolve sake production as we know it.
Established in 1896, the original brewery was devasted by the Tohoku earthquake in 2011 and suffered complete destruction. It was in 2013 that the new brewery was built in Morioka City, and in 2014 the current era of AKABU was born. Despite the youth of this new generation, within their first few years, AKABU was awarded the Gold Prize in the Annual Japan Sake Awards 2016, followed by the distinction as the #1 ranked sake producer in all of Iwate.