Japan Distilled - Environmentally Responsible Kasutori Shochu (Ep. 17)

Environmentally Responsible Kasutori Shochu (Ep. 17)

07/19/21 • 42 min

In the 17th episode of the Japan Distilled podcast, your hosts Christopher Pellegrini and Stephen Lyman take a look at an environmentally and historically important, but uncommon style of shochu. That is kasutori shochu made from the sake lees, or the solids remaining after sake production.

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