Kinmon Akita SAKE Brewery
金紋秋田酒造金紋秋田酒造株式会社
About
Kinmon Akita Sake Brewery is a sake brewery in Daisen, Akita Prefecture, a city known for the Omagari fireworks. It was established in 1936 as Akitafuji Shuzoten and became Kinmon Akita Sake Brewery Co., Ltd. in 1973. The brewery makes its sake in one of the prefecture's leading rice-growing regions, sustained by the water of the Omono River, which flows down from Mount Chokai. Aging is central to its approach to brewing. Its aged sake (koshu) "Yamabuki" won the Champion Sake trophy, the top award in the sake category, at the IWC in 2009. The brewery also produces the "X3" series of Junmai genshu (undiluted sake) made with three times the usual amount of koji, as well as plum wine.
Founded in March 1939 (Showa 14) Incorporated in October 1973 (Showa 48)