[Muzumi Genji]

This is a romantic sweet potato shochu that has been restored to the Taisho era in both production method and sweet potatoes!

It is made using 100 % " Tsurumugenji, " one of the few native varieties of sweet potato that was discovered in 1907 and production of which had temporarily ceased .
It has a delicious, sweet flavor similar to that of steamed sweet potatoes, and is further aged for nearly 2 to 3 years before being shipped, giving it a very mellow taste.

The brewery reproduces the Taisho-era method of using aged koji to ferment the secondary mash for a long period of time, just like their potato shochu " Taisho no Hitotsuki . " The Taisho era was a time when potato shochu production using black koji became established, replacing the previous method of using yellow koji.
At that time, koji took a long time to be cultivated, and the pitch black koji was used to brew shochu.

Furthermore, since the first brewing in 2005 , the quality has improved every year.
The proportion of Tsurumugenji used has been increasing year by year, and from 2010 , the sixth year of brewing , 100% of the sake is made with Tsurumugenji. For the koji, 100% of the sake is made with Yumejuiro, a long-grain rice from Kirishima grown in collaboration with local farmers.

The " Tsurumugenji " sweet potato we use is a very sweet and delicious sweet potato, which was produced in considerable quantities in Kagoshima Prefecture from the Taisho period through the beginning of the Showa period.
However, after World War II, it was replaced by other potatoes that had higher yields at the time, and after 1965 , there was no record of it being harvested in Kagoshima Prefecture. However, thanks to the efforts of Kokubu Sake Brewery and other farmers, it has been revived as a valuable potato.

◆Specifications
Category: Sweet potato shochu
Ingredients: Sweet potato ( Tsurumugenji from Kagoshima Prefecture ) , rice malt ( Yumejuiro from Kirishima )
Koji: Black Koji
Distillation: Atmospheric distillation
Alcohol content: 26 %
Manufacturer: Kokubu Shuzo ( Kagoshima Prefecture )