2017 Miyako-Bijin Shuzo Pink Label 720ml
Awaji-shima, Japan
Soft, earthy, medium weight Sake from the island of Awaji.
$52.00
Out of Stock
From The Importer
The Miyako-Bijin brewery is located in south Awaji Island, the largest island in the Seto Inland Sea.
Miyako-Bijin believe in focusing on quality over quantity and use the traditional method Tenbin-Shibori, where a wooden beam press is used to press their sake rather than a modern commercial press.
This method is rare to see as it takes twice as long to press the sake, with less liquid resulting. The Pink Label is pasteurised only once at bottling, rather than the normal ‘twice pasteurised’ method of the majority of Sake.
A soft savoury style of Sake the Pink Label has a lean-medium weight with balanced fruit, earthy undertone and a hint of smokey spice.
Awaji-shima, Japan
About The Producer
Miyako-Bijin was established as a company in 1945, when 10 smaller breweries merged together to consolidate their brewing skills. Originally called Awaji Shuzo after the island’s name, it changed to Miyako-Bijin in 1959/1960. After the Sake boom of the 70’s and early 80’s Miyako Bijin struggled with sales and over the following years cut back on volume-based production and focused solely on small batch quality-driven products.
Much of the brewery machinery was sold off and they moved back to handmade, small-tank production. Today the brewery is led by Toji [Master Brewer] Kunihiro Yamauchi who is a talented young brewer who oversees the production of all the Sake, Umeshu and liqueurs produced at Miyako Bijin.
ABV : 14.0%
Closure : Screw Cap
Bottle Size : 720ml
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