“TSUNAN AI BLUE” Niigata Sake Won Two Times in a Row at The Echigo Style Sake Brewing Technology Competition

The Echigo Style Sake Brewing Technology Competition 2023

Tsunan Sake Brewery recognized for brewing excellence at Niigata sake competition.

Tsunan, Niigata (April 26th, 2023) — Tsunan sake brewery, the maker of the “TSUNAN AI BLUE” was the sixth place in the Echigo Style Sake Brewing Technology Competition. 

“TSUNAN” are terroir sake series, brewed by local people with community rice and water. With the aim of coexistence with forests and animals, the new logo reflects Japanese antelopes (Capricornis crispus), one of our sakagura brewery guests.

“TSUNAN” series are available in 4 different flavors.

New sustainable concept sake by Tsunan Sake Brewery in Niigata
New sustainable concept by Tsunan sake brewery in Niigata, Japan

“TSUNAN AI BLUE”
▷ Raw materials
Gohyakumangoku Rice (Japanese), Rice koji (Japanese)
* All rice is from Tsunan, Niigata Prefecture.
▷ Rice polishing ratio
50%
▷ Alc.
15.5%

The Echigo Style Sake Brewing Technology Competition

The Echigo Style Sake Brewing Technology Competition 2023
The Echigo Style Sake Brewing Technology Competition 2023

This is an annual event that has taken place since 1967 in Niigata, with the aim of improving the technology of high-class sake brewing.

■ About the Echigo style brewing technology championship

・ Number of items to be exhibited and number of places to be exhibited
 120 points
 61 places (53 places in the prefecture, 6 places in 8 prefectures outside the prefecture)

· Judges
 Niigata Prefectual Sake Research Institute Director, Kanto Shinetsu National Taxation Bureau Appraisal Office Director, and a total of 10 people

・ Sponsorship 
 Niigata Sake Brewers Association, Niigata Sake Brewing Technology Study Group

・ Sponsorship
 Niigata Prefecture, Niigata Nippo, BSN Niigata Broadcasting, NST General Television, TeNY Television Niigata, UX Niigata Television 21

TSUNAN AI BLUE
More details be found at
https://kamoshika.tsunan-sake.com/
You can oder directly from this online store, as well as internationally.

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About Tsunan Sake Brewery

Founded in 1996, Tsunan sake brewery is the maker of sustainable sake.

Our ambition is “Brew for future”, achieving a new lifestyle, living with Sakagura.

For more information, including the products, visit our website.