Christopher Pellegrini is my go-to skilled on shochu. He’s lived in Japan for 20 years, has written a ebook in regards to the spirit, and just lately began an organization, Honkaku Spirits, to export the stuff to the U.S. As Pellegrini famous throughout a current, vigorous Zoom tasting from Japan, the place we tasted 8
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Christopher Pellegrini is attempting to do for Japanese shochu what Ron Cooper did with mezcal. The American ex-pat and writer of The Shochu Handbook is searching for to “join the world with artisanal, koji-fermented spirits of Japan.” Honkaku’s portfolio consists of koji whiskey, shochu, and aged awamori from 22 family-run distilleries established between 1745 and 1947.
Yobo Soju is a rarity in an rising class: Not solely is it made in New York’s Finger Lakes space, it’s achieved so by a Korean American mother and lawyer, Carolyn Kim, who needed to pay homage to her roots along with her tackle Korea’s nationwide spirit. The spirit is distilled from native Catawba grapes. Let’s