Barley Shochu, 'Koma'

 • Distillery: Yanagita Shuzo • Prefecture: Miyazaki • Ingredients: 100% Two-Row Barley • Distillation: Low-pressure vacuum still (Gen-atsu) • Water: Spring water from Kirishima basin • ABV: 25%

• • Light and refreshing spirit, faint grassy notes on the nose, smooth and buttery texture, clean finish.
  • Ideally served over ice, or as a base for a highball. Serve with soda water and a splash of lemon or yuzu sake for a refreshing, low proof cocktail.
  • First shochu made entirely from barley, sugars are extracted by growing koji directly on barley.

Over fifty years ago the Yanagita Distillery was the first to develop a 100% barley shochu made in a low pressure vacuum still. The smooth and aromatic result is now the most popular shochu style in the world but Yanagita still produces it in small batches with considerable more hands on craftsmanship than the mass producers.