{"title":"Konishi Shuzo","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"shirayuki-edo-genroku","title":"Shirayuki Junmai Kimoto Koshu \"Edo Genroku\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdo Genroku is a modern-day reproduction of a recipe that originated in the late 17th Century during the Genroku period, utilizing wild yeast, ancient methods, and old school brewing tool\/barrels, just as sake would be made at the turn of the 17th century. The rice is polished only to 88%, which was the maximum achievable by the water wheel and foot-powered rice mills of the era. The recipe calls for less water and is aged before release, resulting in a viscous mouthfeel, high umami, high concentration, sweetness, and very full body: a style enjoyed by wealthy merchants, courtiers and daimyo of the era. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePerhaps the only inauthentic aspect of it, is the use of top-quality Hyogo Yamadanishiki rice-- a modern (early 1900s) variety. Still, the Konishi Family have long been the guardians of old-world brewing traditions as documented in their uninterrupted daily brewing logs that date back to the late 1600s. This is a notable achievement!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePhenomenal hot, which lets the sweetness mellow out a bit and brings up the sharp acidity. A killer pairing with chicken tsukune!\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"COHO","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44326738624668,"sku":"","price":43.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0590\/4075\/9964\/files\/Edogenroku.png?v=1723250591"},{"product_id":"konishi-junmai-aosae-no-sumikiri","title":"Konishi Junmai \"Aosae no Sumikiri\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eA soft and unpretentious little junmai we chose to classify as \"grandma sake\": not blue-collar dad sake \u003cem\u003eper se\u003c\/em\u003e, but a little softer, with quiet florals and a nostalgic, nourishing quality, still sturdy and forthright but at the same time delicate and pretty. An excellent value capital-J junmai from a richly historic (est. 1550!) brewery in old Itami, the first sake boom town of the early modern period. This is not modern sake (fruity, sweet, acidic and juicy) by any measure, you'd never find it in a Ginza sake bar. But you would find it in a precious 6-seat izakaya run by a veteran mama-san with good taste.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKonishi shuzo writes:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"At our brewery, we refer to high-quality fresh sake—with its bluish, translucent luster, its pale yellow-green hue-- as “Aosae,” and we constantly strive to achieve this ideal state in our products.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Aosae no Sumikiri Junmai” embodies the clear image of such fine sake; it is a new, refreshing junmai that achieves the combination of “junmai,” “fresh flavor,” and “a fading aftertaste” through a new, proprietary brewing method.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"COHO","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47161080971420,"sku":null,"price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0590\/4075\/9964\/files\/Konishijunmaiaosae.png?v=1783356628"}],"url":"https:\/\/sunflowersake.com\/collections\/konishi-shuzo.oembed","provider":"Sunflower Sake","version":"1.0","type":"link"}