KUMESEN G.E.M. 10 Year Old Oak-aged Awamori Shōchū
- SKU:
- 3383343
- UPC:
- 2310057350743
Awamori sh?ch? is a speciality of Okinawa the southernmost and westernmost Japanese prefecture comprising 150 islands in the East China Sea. It’s made from long-grain Thai rice (not the traditional short-grain Japanese rice) inoculated with a black koji mould. Although that sounds a little scary it’s worth remembering that there would be no mirin soy sauce miso rice vinegar or sake without the magical mould known as koji. The mould kickstarts the fermentation following which it is distilled.
Kumesen is one of the most famous producers of Awamori sh?ch? and G.E.M. (Genuine Extra Matured) is probably their most ambitious project. This incredible spirit takes two sh?ch?s one distilled in 1997 and one distilled in 2001 blends them and pops them into Kentucky Bourbon barrels for ten years. What emerges has been called the Japanese Pappy comparing it to the legendary Pappy Van Winkle. A big rich and powerful spirit it positively throbs with caramelised banana wood varnish creamy vanilla woodsmoke beeswax orange peel cinnamon burnt butter raisin prune leather and sweet tobacco. As compelling as any whisky we recommend gifting this to any adventurous Bourbon drinker sipping it neat from a tumbler or mixing it into an Old Fashioned.
Sh?ch? translating roughly as “fiery spirit” is one Japan’s most exciting beverages but also one of the most overlooked. It can be produced from all sorts of base ingredients for example rice sake lees sweet potato various grains chestnuts sesame seeds brown sugar and even carrots which makes it a bartender’s dream. Not bound by all the rules and regulations that sake and whisky must conform to sh?ch? is breaking free of its reputation as simply a fire water or hooch giving rise to a new breed of craft producer. Following in the footsteps of mezcal poitín and baijiu sh?ch? is a complicated versatile and fascinating spirit that’s now garnering a cult following in the UK.
SKU No.: 3383343
Style No.: 860758
Alcohol by volume (ABV): 42%
Volume: 700ml
Awamori sh?ch? is a speciality of Okinawa the southernmost and westernmost Japanese prefecture comprising 150 islands in the East China Sea. It’s made from long-grain Thai rice (not the traditional short-grain Japanese rice) inoculated with a black koji mould. Although that sounds a little scary it’s worth remembering that there would be no mirin soy sauce miso rice vinegar or sake without the magical mould known as koji. The mould kickstarts the fermentation following which it is distilled.
Kumesen is one of the most famous producers of Awamori sh?ch? and G.E.M. (Genuine Extra Matured) is probably their most ambitious project. This incredible spirit takes two sh?ch?s one distilled in 1997 and one distilled in 2001 blends them and pops them into Kentucky Bourbon barrels for ten years. What emerges has been called the Japanese Pappy comparing it to the legendary Pappy Van Winkle. A big rich and powerful spirit it positively throbs with caramelised banana wood varnish creamy vanilla woodsmoke beeswax orange peel cinnamon burnt butter raisin prune leather and sweet tobacco. As compelling as any whisky we recommend gifting this to any adventurous Bourbon drinker sipping it neat from a tumbler or mixing it into an Old Fashioned.
Sh?ch? translating roughly as “fiery spirit” is one Japan’s most exciting beverages but also one of the most overlooked. It can be produced from all sorts of base ingredients for example rice sake lees sweet potato various grains chestnuts sesame seeds brown sugar and even carrots which makes it a bartender’s dream. Not bound by all the rules and regulations that sake and whisky must conform to sh?ch? is breaking free of its reputation as simply a fire water or hooch giving rise to a new breed of craft producer. Following in the footsteps of mezcal poitín and baijiu sh?ch? is a complicated versatile and fascinating spirit that’s now garnering a cult following in the UK.
SKU No.: 3383343
Style No.: 860758