St George California Shochu
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Inspired by a local restaurant, St George set out to make a full-flavored shochu from California rice that would complement a hearty bowl of ramen. The label design is a mash-up of the California state flag and the national flag of Japan. If you translate the kanji (Japanese characters), the bear is saying “angry bear sound.”
St George Shochu is distilled from sake lees from a local producer. The sake lees are steamed Calrose rice, inoculated with koji spores and then fermented. Once the koji has enzymatically transformed the starches from the rice into sugar, they pitch with yeast and ferment cold. Following fermentation, they blend with non-GMO neutral spirit, and then distill in-house on one of our custom-made copper pot stills.
On the nose, you’ll find cashew, pistachio, sweet mushrooms, and finally, dried cocoa. That sense of cocoa further develops on the palate as bittersweet chocolate. Try in a Shochu Highball, or in cocktails with matcha, yuzu, or your own original creation.
St George Shochu is distilled from sake lees from a local producer. The sake lees are steamed Calrose rice, inoculated with koji spores and then fermented. Once the koji has enzymatically transformed the starches from the rice into sugar, they pitch with yeast and ferment cold. Following fermentation, they blend with non-GMO neutral spirit, and then distill in-house on one of our custom-made copper pot stills.
On the nose, you’ll find cashew, pistachio, sweet mushrooms, and finally, dried cocoa. That sense of cocoa further develops on the palate as bittersweet chocolate. Try in a Shochu Highball, or in cocktails with matcha, yuzu, or your own original creation.
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Andrew F. I have often read about old style Japanese Shochu. No I have never tried any this tastes like I imagine old style Japanese Shochu would taste.
I wanted to try a locally made product, it says it was distilled from rice and green, it does not say what grain though. It has a very distinctive nose and the taste is similar. Honestly I didn’t like it. But someone else might.
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Richard G. A wonderful dance of flavors on the tongue. A nice harmony of flavors.
Enjoying this one.
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