ABOUT OUR POLICY and JAPASESE SAKE
Heiwa Shuzou was founded in 1928. The house and the premises were of Japanese temple “Muryousan Chougannji” originally. The founder was the adopted son for his marriage with the daughter of the temple. He was from the family of Sake brewery, which was his parent’s house. He decided to start the Sake brewing here, and then these premises transferred Sake Brewery. Even now, these premises are sometimes called Chogannji as the vestiges of that age...more
Heiwa Shuzou is located in Wakayama prefecture() which is in southern part of Japan Honsyu island and has moderate and rather warm climate. This prefecture is near from Japanese ancient culture zone, Kinai, and has Koya-San (Koya mountain) where many famous Buddhist temples are since the year 816. The World Heritage booking includes the Kumano-Kodo which is also in this prefecture and is the real route of worshiper to temples in Kumano. The worship in Kumano is...more
For you to know it, we brew the Sake from the following materials with the merits of location and climate suitable to it.【Water】From rice washing to blending, all the water used is from the well which supplies pure under-ground stream from Kishi-river taking its original source from Koya-San. This well supplies this special water from about 400 years ago, traditionally. This super-soft-water is very clear and much suitable to Sake....more
As like other alcoholic drinks in brewery, Japanese Sake is also made after the alcoholized process, which occurs in a step that Kouji yeast（）eats a sugar amount of the rice material. Japanese sake rice scarcely holds the sugar amount, but holds rich amount of starch, instead. This leads the necessary step, typical in Sake brewing, that the starchy amount shall be transformed into the sugar amount. The “Kouji” (Japanese sake malt) takes this role. ...more
There are two kinds in alcoholic drinks; the brewed drinks and the distilled drinks. As Wine does so, Japanese Sake also belongs to the group of brewed drinks. Generally, the group of brewed drinks is delicate and requires fine handling in comparing to the group of distilled drinks. The Japanese Sake is typically delicate as it cannot be stocked in higher temperature and must be shaded from sun shine....more
To enjoy the taste or the relish depends on a person that drink it. Sake sommelier takes his points of how the brewing process finishes examining the flavor, the level of sourness and sweetness and etc., in his objective view but not his personal view.Here we shall introduce how to enjoy the Sake personally....more
Nowadays, everyone can have everything; there are plenty of things in market; but on the contrary Sake consumption is getting decreased in recent years. There are many reasons for this; change and shift of life-style including by higher-aged people and etc. The top reason, we think, is it might get not so attractive for younger generation....more
ABOUT UME-SHU and others
We take an aim of world level in our ume-shu from Kishu Ume (plum) which is famous product here and is named after our location, Wakayama Japan. (Wakayama is in Kishu area of large section in Japan.)It is said that the origin of “Liqueur” was created as a kind of medical drink in about 400 year B.C. The origin of “Liqueur” in Japan is said Rikyu-shu, which was brewed in the age of Taiko Toyotomi Hideyoshi...more
What is your sweet-smelling of Japanese Ume, Plum in English?If you know Japanese Umeboshi, it might be so. If you know Japanese Beefsteak plant, it might be so.In botanical classification, Ume belongs to same group of Rose, and is very near to the group of Peach as well. When it becomes fully ripe, perhaps every one can hardly distinguish the sweet-smelling of Ume from the one of peach....more
Do you like sweet drink, or sour drink? Do you like light alcoholic drink, or heavy alcoholic drink? I t depends on personal preferences. The first advice by brewery is; you shall try the Ume-Shu straight to know if you like the brand you have. So far, it is nice? If it is just fit with you, please take it straight. If you feel it a little thick, please try it ‘on rock ice.’ If too thick, it’s the way of Ume-Shu and water. If you have another way to make it just your best fit, it shall also be nice....more
The Plum Wine is our special brewing with Wakayama plum. The essence extracted from the plum with fine sugar is put under fermentation process by wine yeast.The Plum Wine of Heiwa Shuzou is from very ripened plum same used in the Ume-Shu. Because of this, you feel just a plum in its wine taste....more
The Ume-Shu is one of very familiar liqueurs in Japan. Our county Wakayama produces about 60% of total plum production in Japan. They have several bottles of ume-shu container in every home. They provide their own ume-shu from plum in trees here and there with their home-made technique. It may be, therefore, called our county liqueur.Heiwa Shuzou started to brew the Ume-Shu in 1995, thanking to our plum county, Wakayama....more
