Nanbu Bijin Miyama Nishiki "Ruten" Junmai Daiginjo

Brewery: Nanbu Bijin
Founded: 1902
Brewery Location: Iwate
Profile: The brewery was established in 1902, and the Nanbu Bijin brand name came to be in 1951. The Iwate area used to be called Nanbu (South), and is a place rich with nature, abundant water and fertile soil. In Japan, most breweries of the time made quite rough, inelegant, sweet sake, but this brewery wanted to make clean & beautiful sake like a fair southern maiden. Hence, the name Nanbu Bijin, or Southern Beauty.

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