Kirishima No. 8 Sweet Potato Shochu (BTL 900 ml) bergamont Thomas Keller and Eric Ripert

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Kiuchi is using the sake rice powder extracted from its sake rice polishing machines

1c rice : 90% water due to moisture in rice

lemon peel

as mosquito nets

Kirishima No. 8 Sweet Potato Shochu (BTL 900 ml) bergamont Thomas Keller and Eric RipertReleased in 2023, Kirishima 8 is named after the sweet potato that this distillery developed. Hisato Taura of Kirishima Shuzo tells us, Compared to shochu made with ordinary sweet potatoes, Kirishima No. 8 contains 14 times more sweet potato derived aromatics that produce the signature fruity and floral fragrance. Wow! This shochu is further unique in that it uses both black and white koji, and goes through both atmospheric and vacuum distillation.