Eigashima Shuzo - Yamato Damashii Niwazake

Classifications

Junmai • Pure rice sake
Muroka • No charcoal filtration
Nama • Unpasteurised
Genshu • Undiluted
Mizumoto• Traditional brewing method

Specifications

Rice: Yamada Nishiki
Yeast: Natural (Collected)
Alcohol: 18%
Polish rate: 90%
Format: 720ml
Year: 2024

The Eigashima Brewery was founded in 1888. In 2019, they revived their first-ever sake label, Yamato Damashii, with the help of Toji Yuji Nakamura, one of Japan’s masters of the ancient Mizumoto method.

When a brewery in the Harima region agrees to use rice milled to 90% and forgo lab-made lactic acid, they gain access to a rare yeast and koji, isolated from trees and offerings at the Niwata Shrine, and may label their brew ‘Niwazake.’