Harushika Junmai Ginjo Hiyaoroshi (300ml)
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Brewery: Imanishi Seibee Shoten, 今西清兵衛商店
Brand: Harushika, 春鹿
Location: Nara city, Nara prefecture
Rice: Yamada Nishiki (Hyogo)
Rice Polish: 60%
Yeast: Harushika House #7 (proprietary)
SMV: -3
Acidity: 1.7
Alcohol: 16%
Nara style is historically synonymous with “nanto morohaku” brewing, the process of using polished koji and polished brewing rice from the southern capital to make sake, dating back to the Azuchi-Momoyama period. Mindful of their roots, the Imanishi family keeps the history of nanto morohaku at the heart of their business, with the motto "polish the rice, polish the water, polish your skills, and polish your heart.” Their shop and tasting room is housed in a historic Edo period building that served as the original brewing space, and is-- unlike most breweries-- known by visitors to Japan, as it is walking distance
from the famous Nara Deer Park. The grounds also include the former Imanishi estate turned tea house, a Muromachi era Shoin-zukuri style house and Important Cultural Property. To be expected for a Nara brewery, the Harushika brand translates to “Spring Deer”, who have been famous in Nara for centuries. In Japanese
mythology, Takemikazuchi no Mikoto, the chief deity enshrined in Kasuga Taisha Shrine, rode to Mt. Mikasa in Nara when it was established in 768 AD on the back of a white deer. Thanks to their role in Shinto lore as messengers of the gods, the sika deer of Nara have even developed their own unique genetic lineage. Sacred status and a 1,400 year ban on hunting has preserved this ancestral relationship, and now they are friendly and sweet, just like the brewery’s sake!
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