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Suigei Drunken Whale Tokubetsu Junmai 72CL

72CL (11103)

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This Tokubetsu Junmai is said to be brewed for whales that reside off the Pacific Coast of Kochi Prefecture. The nose is a collection of rose, wood, and grape scents. The brewery advertises that this Junmai is 'for the serious sake drinker' and we agree. It is very dry throughout the mouth, and ...

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A Lord In A Sea of Whales!

Surprisingly, Suigei is the only sake brewery in Kochi City. It's original incarnation began in 1872, under different name, but in 1969, the company was renamed Suigei. Literally, Suigei means drunk whale, and it is an abbreviation of an alias of Yamauchi Yodo, a Japanese feudal lord of the area. A big drinker, he called himself Geikai suiko (a drunkard lord in a sea full of whales).

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