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Asahi Shuzo - Dassai

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Asahi Shuzo - Dassai

Through crises and difficulties, Asahi Shuzo has carefully innovated their own unique way to brew sake. Over the past few years they adapted their work to produce sake year-round (instead of just during sake season), something all but unheard-of in the industry. By producing sake steadily, they have succeeded in minimizing variables, allowing them to focus on the minutiae of the craft. These details include labor-intensive hand-craft methods that have been proven over centuries to yield better sake, but also the most modern technology applied in the right measure, in the right places.

Founded

1948

Employees

235

Flagship Product

Dassai 23

Location

Yamaguchi Prefecture

Yamaguchi prefecture is the westernmost prefecture on the main island, and is surrounded on its three sides by three different oceans—the Japan Sea, Setouchi Sea, and Sea of Hibiki. Yamaguchi is famous for their gorgeous coastal views as well as their blowfish. 25 miles Southwest of Hiroshima, Iwakuni is most famous for the structurally unique Kintai bridge, especially beautiful during cherry blossom season.

President - CEO

Kazuhiro Sakurai

Instead of taking the traditional "Toji" (master brewer) system, Asahi Shuzo has a full-time brewing team that works collectively. CEO Kazuhiro Sakurai is the fourth generation of the Sakurai family to head the brewery. After graduating from Waseda University in 1999 with a Social Science degree, he worked in a field unrelated to sake. After happening to come across and tasting his family's sake, Dassai, at an izakaya in Roppongi, he realized afresh how good his family's sake was, and joined Asahi Shuzo in 2006. In 2016, he became the CEO of Asahi Shuzo.

Recommendation

CEO Favorite

Dassai 23 $93.00

Notable

Awards & Accolades

- Kura Master 2019 Gold
- The Wonder 500 certificated 2015 & 2016
- International Wine Challenge 2013 Trophy
- International Sake Challenge 2013
- Silver Junmai Daiginjo (DASSAI 39)

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From this Brewery

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Dassai 45 Sake. Dassai 45 Junmai Daiginjo. There is no point to sake unless it's delicious—this is Dassai's philosophy. Using Yamada-Nishiki rice that's been polished down to 45%, Dassai 45 bring out the delicate sweetness of rice with fruity aromatics. Shop Japanese sake online delivered to your home.

Chewy and full of body. Delicate sweetness of rice with fruity aromatics.

Asahi Shuzo - Dassai

Dassai 45

$33

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Dassai 45 Nigori Sake. Dassai Nigori Sake. A uniquely lighter nigori-style sake that reflects the elegance of Dassai. Unlike other nigoris that hit you on the head with its sweetness, this nigori balances sweetness and dryness in a masterful way. Shop Japanese sake online delivered to your home.

Balanced sweetness and dryness in a masterful way.

Asahi Shuzo - Dassai

Dassai 45 Nigori

$33

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Dassai 39 Sake. Dassai 39 Junmai Daiginjo. Sitting between Dassai 45 and Dassai 23, this bottle is the Goldilocks of the Dassai family; it feels perfect. It manages to be round and soft while still letting a glint of brightness shimmer through. Drink and hear the angels sing. DASSAI 39 Tropical, fruity nose of lychee and banana with a long, bright finish. Shop Japanese sake online delivered to your home.

Round and soft with a long, bright finish.

Asahi Shuzo - Dassai

Dassai 39

$45

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Dassai 23 Sake. Dassai 23, To craft the ultimate Junmai Daiginjo sake Dassai 23, Yamada-Nishiki rice is first polished down to 23%. It's polished 24 hours a day for 7 days straight—that's 168 hours spent on polishing! Shop Japanese sake online.

Fragrant, floral and melon notes with a long, elegant, dry finish.

Asahi Shuzo - Dassai

Dassai 23

$93

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Dassai Dex 23 Shinsei
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Asahi Shuzo - Dassai

Dassai 23 Shinsei Sake + 2 Dassai Glass Cups

$140

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Premium Sake. Best luxury sake in america. Dassai 23 Sake. Shichida Junmai Daiginjo Sake. the best junmai daiginjo sake.

Sake Dreams & Caviar Wishes

Asahi Shuzo - Dassai Tenzan Brewery - Shichida

Premium Sake Set

$188

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Dassai 23 Umeshu Plum Wine
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Stellar Umeshu Plum Wine.

Asahi Shuzo - Dassai

Dassai 23 Umeshu Plum Wine

$295

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Dassai Beyond Sake. Dassai Premium Sake. Best of Dassai Sake. With Dassai 45, 39, and 23 under their belt, Asahi Shuzo decided to take the next step and go Beyond. The ambition was to go beyond what was already widely considered the "perfect" sake in Japan, Dassai 23. And so, Dassai founder Hiroshi Sakurai and his small group of the finest sake artisans began their ten-year journey, culminating in Dassai Beyond. Shop Japanese sake online delivered to your home.
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Dassai Beyond transcends the realm of sake.

Asahi Shuzo - Dassai

Dassai Beyond

$550

Our Mission

I think sake is meaningless if it isn't delicious. Following traditional brewing methods, implementing high-tech machines, hand-crafting in certain stages, or utilizing data analysis, we pursue delicious sake at every possible step leading to the final product. Dassai the sake is ever-changing and evolving.

Kazuhiro Sakurai, CEO

Quality

Water and Rice

Soft Water

Yamada-Nishiki