Rihaku Brewery

Country: |
Japan |
Region: |
Shimane |
Year founded: |
1882 |
Owner: |
Yuichiro Tanaka (President) |
Winemaker: |
Mitsuo Yoshioka (Master Brewer) |
website: |
www.vineconnections.com/japanese-sake/?v=brewery#sake |
Basic Info
Rihaku is named after the famous Chinese poet from the 8th century, Li Po, who was known to drink a big bottle of sake and write a hundred poems. Rihaku boasts one of the highest average milling rates of all Japanese sake breweries—a testament to its dedication to high quality. Each Rihaku sake in the portfolio is made with a different type of sake rice, demonstrating how the deliberate style of a producer can be expressed by four rice types.