A trip to the local breweries & distilleries across the island nation.

We are happy to share our shizuku no nikki (= diary) drop by drop with you, with recommendations on the respective treasures that the artists produce for you with tradition, pride and passion...

雫の日記 | shizuku no nikki 🇯🇵
In Fukuoka Prefecture, Beniotome literally opened its treasure chest and treated us to a shochu & umeshu tasting - with history...
Founder Haruno Hayashida set herself a goal around 300 years ago, when shochu was still labeled as a cheap alcoholic beverage: To produce fine distillates with passion.
The result was a new type of sesame-based spirit, sesame shochu.
At the foot of the Mino Mountains, the distilled shochu are stored in clay vessels, steel tanks or French oak barrels and matured for several years, whereby the taste of cognac or brandy can be found in the end product, depending on the type of maturation.

• The Beniotome Gold | Matured for 8 years, smooth yet strong, the king of sesame shochu.
• The Beniotome Maru | A mild and elegant sesame shochu, subtle in taste.
• The Toki no Choetsu Superiore | Matured for 1O years, a sweetish, very well-rounded barley shochu, ideal for whisky and rum lovers.
• The Ohako Umeshu | An excellent plum liqueur, strong & sweet, with a complex, tangy note and our favorite for over 1O years!

‚Beniotome focuses on sesame shochu, which is unique in Japan & around the world. shizuku is very proud to distribute these special drops. Also the Umeshu is based on sesame shochu…: Outstanding, extravagant in flavour & much appreciated by our connoisseurs in Switzerland. Many thanks for 1O years of good partnership 🙏🏼‘, Marc Nydegger.

Enjoy these fine distillates and the unique Umeshu.

March 9, 2024