Kanbai Shuzo

寒梅酒造 (宮寒梅)

Prefecture
Miyagi

Kanbai Shuzo, the producers of Miyakanbai sake, are the only cultivation brewers in Miyagi prefecture. Cultivation brewers are those extra dedicated individuals who manage all processes of the creation of their sake starting with rice cultivation. Both rice farming and brewing are carried out in the endless countryside landscape of the Osaki Plain.Kanbai Shuzo cultivates four types of sake rice on their land, the Aikoku, Hiyori, Miyamanishiki and Yamadanishiki. 20% of their total sake production is made with their home cultivated sake rice and the remaining 80% is made exclusively with Miyagi grown rice from local farmers.

「宮寒梅」の生産者、寒梅酒造は宮城県大崎平原の美しい田園に位置する宮城県で唯一の栽培醸造家です。栽培醸造家とは畑を持ち、米作りから酒の醸造まで一貫して行う栽培家兼醸造家のこと。寒梅酒造では「愛国」「ひより」「美山錦」「山田錦」の四種類の酒米を栽培しています。総生産量のうちの八割を地元農家の宮城県産米、残りの二割を自家栽培の酒米で醸造しています。