Mizu Lemongrass Shochu (35%)

Mizu Lemongrass is a hand-crafted shochu distilled from rice and freshly harvested lemongrass, bottled at 35% ABV. It comes from the town of Takeo, just east of Arita, where local lemongrass fields inspired it. Adding lemongrass is a first in shochu production, an innovation from master distillers Shinji Wada and Hirofumi Okoba. The organically grown lemongrass is cut and added to the rice mash just three days before distillation, alongside local rice and white koji. All of the lemongrass flavour comes from the mash, and nothing but pure water is added to the distillate. The result is a refreshing shochu.