Shochu
Shochu is a Japanese traditional hard liquor, distilled spirits made from grains and vegetables. The most common base ingredients are sweet potato, barley, rice, buckwheat and sugar cane.

How is Shochu different from Nihonshu (Sake) ?
Shochu is distilled liquor, similar to brandy and vodka. However Nihonshu is categorized as fermented liquor putting it in the same category as wine.

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An experiment carried out on Amami Oshima to encourage the aging of shochu by making it listen to music. Exploring its scientific basis and cultural background

https://monumental-movement.jp/en/column-shochu-sound-aging/

[Column] Shochu grown by sound: The harmony of fermentation that resonates in Amami Oshima

Prologue: On the island of the sound of waves and shochu

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#Alchohol #Shochu An experiment carried out on Amami Oshima to encourage the aging of shochu by making it listen to music. Exploring its scientific basis and cultural background monumental-movement.jp/en/column-sh...

[Column] Shochu grown by sound...
[Column] Shochu grown by sound: The harmony of fermentation that resonates in Amami Oshima

Prologue: On the island of the sound of waves and shochu

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In this episode you’ll learn

• What sound-aged shochu is and how it is produced
• Why vibration may influence maturation processes
• The relationship between sound and taste perception

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Can Sound Change the Taste of Shochu?: Sound-Aged Shochu in Amami Oshima

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In this episode you’ll learn • What sound-aged shochu is and how it is produced • Why vibration may influence maturation processes • The relationship between sound and taste perception #Shochu #AmamiOshima #JapaneseCulture youtu.be/RiP27YZY-j0

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Can Sound Change the Taste of Shochu?: Sound-Aged Shochu in Amami Oshima

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This evening's beverage-as-treat. A taste of #Japan! 🇯🇵🍸🍋

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韓国で「水」を購入したつもりが…⇒まさかの焼酎!「勘違いしても仕方ない」パッケージに10万「いいね」
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韓国で「水」を購入したつもりが…⇒まさかの焼酎!「勘違いしても仕方ない」パッケージに10万「いいね」

水と思って飲んだら16度の焼酎だった…!

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I realize it's a distilled spirit, but with “aka” (red) in its name, a dark red bottle, and a dark red label, I was really surprised when the pour looked like water.

I have no idea how to describe the taste, other than I really liked it, more than other shochu that I've tried. This is easy to drink neat and a real pleasure.

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Distillery mixes funky beats into brown sugar shochu

At a small distillery in the Amami Islands, speakers thump with reggae basslines, hip-hop beats and other music. It isn't for the workers, but for the barrels of kokuto shochu absorbing the vibrations. The team behind this "sonically aged" spirit says the music genres coax out different flavors from the…

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