Kirishima No. 8 Sweet Potato Shochu (BTL 900 ml) bergamont and tasting basics including detecting

and tasting basics including detecting aroma

Talk + shochu tasting at 5pm

November 2024)

Thomas Keller and Eric Ripert are MAC Knife afficionados

Kirishima No. 8 Sweet Potato Shochu (BTL 900 ml) bergamont and tasting basics including detectingReleased in 2023, Kirishima 8 is named after the sweet potato that this distillery developed. Hisato Taura of Kirishima Shuzo tells us, Compared to shochu made with ordinary sweet potatoes, Kirishima No. 8 contains 14 times more sweet potato derived aromatics that produce the signature fruity and floral fragrance. Wow! This shochu is further unique in that it uses both black and white koji, and goes through both atmospheric and vacuum distillation.