Suehiro Sake Brewery
末廣酒造
Suehiro Sake Brewery
Prefecture
Fukushima
Tohoku (東北)
Founded
1850
Water Source
Draws from deep wells in Aizu-Wakamatsu, Fukushima, fed by snowmelt from the surrounding Aizu mountain basin.
About
Suehiro in Aizu-Wakamatsu is a historic brewery in the samurai castle town of Aizu. The brewery is credited with developing the yamahai method — the simplified version of kimoto that eliminated the arduous pole-ramming (yama-oroshi) step. Their yamahai junmai and traditional Aizu-style sakes carry the depth and structure of centuries of Tohoku brewing wisdom.