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Kenbishi Shuzo Co., Ltd. (or simply Kenbishi) is a brewery headquartered in Higashinada-ku, Kobe, Japan. It is the brewery of the "Kenbishi" sake series. It has been in business for more than 500 years.
Headquartered in Mikage-gō, one of the Five Villages of Nada, it is nicknamed Kenbishi.




History


Documents from the end of the Edo period (Bakumatsu) record that the company has its roots in Inadera-ya, which was founded in Itami in 1505 (2nd year of Eisho). Inadera-ya's sake was highly regarded in Edo, but when it came to be called Kenbishi is not recorded. In 1929, it moved to its location in Higashinada Ward.
The company's reputation was greatly damaged by its OEM (oke buying) practice, wherein it bought sake from other companies and sold it under its own label, but it regained its reputation by returning to in-house manufacturing.




Process


The traditional manufacturing method, called Kan-zukuri, is still followed. Following late autumn harvest, the ingredients rest from early spring to autumn. Kept in casks made of Yoshino cedar, it is characterized by its rich flavor and sharp mouthfeel.
In addition to casks, Kenbishi uses wood products that have been used since ancient times in the process sake, such as warm air barrels and sake barrels. In Japan's sake industry in general, wooden products have been replaced by metal, resin, and glass bottles, making wooden ones difficult to obtain. For this reason, the brewery established a new factory dedicated to the maintenance and production of wooden sake utensils and straw rope on the land adjacent to the Hamakura Plant. They accept orders from other sake and soy sauce companies.




Products






= Honjozo sake

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(Selected) Kenbishi
Kuromatsu Kenbishi
Top-quality Kuromatsu Kenbishi




= Pure rice sake

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Zuisho Kuromatsu Kenbishi (old sake blend, winter limited product)
Mizuho Kuromatsu Kenbishi




References






External links


Official site (in Japanese)
About the hometown of Yamada Nishiki sake rice and sake culture: Nada Brewery Tour Part 1 "Kenbishi Sake Brewery Co., Ltd." (in Japanese)

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