Kinoene Okarakuchi Nama Genshu
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[Preorder: Arriving Tuesday, 7/7]
A dry junmai namazake that's perfect for summer, from the long-established Iinuma Honke in Chiba.
Cutie notes of ~DRY~ powdered sugar, mike & ike, kiwi, starfruit & jordan almond, mounded nicely on a freshly-steamed bowl of rice, with sea spray whooshing over you, cooling you down.
Brewed with Aramasa's signature #601 yeast, valued for its clean aromas and tendency to produce savory sake, and Fusakogane rice. Fusakogane is one of Chiba's top table rice varieties, with low amylose and protein content- a composition that also makes it ideal for brewing sake!
Iinuma Honke, 飯沼本家
Location: Shisui, Chiba
Rice: Fusakogane (kake)/Gohyakumangoku (koji)
Polish: 80%/68%
Yeast: Kyokai #601
SMV: +7
Acidity: 2.1
ABV: 16%
The activities of the Iinuma Honke (which translates to the main branch of a family) stretch back some 400 years, starting out in the forestry and agriculture industry, and brewing omiki, ceremonial sake for shrines and temples. By the time Chiba was incorporated as a municipality after the Meiji Restoration, the family's influence had grown to the extent that the 12th generation head of the brewing family served a term as mayor of Shisui-machi and was a founder of the town's elementary school.
Making keen investments over the years, like one of the only flat polishing machines in the prefecture, Iinuma streamlined their production to 1,900 koku with only a 5 person brewing team. But mechanization doesn't have to mean soullessness, the small crew of kurabito have relative freedom to experiment with style.
For the benefit of the community, and keenly aware to their proximity to Narita Int.l' Airport, The Iinuma clan has made generous use of their land. The main wing of the old family house has been turned into a restaurant, brewery tours are available, and the land around the brewery boasts a blueberry farm for U-pick, a rice farm where community planting and harvesting events are held, a campground, and a sprawling green space for day use. Iinuma is a community space as much as it is a sake brewery.
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