While sweet potato shochu is especially popular in Miyazaki Prefecture, Yanagita Sake Brewery has continued to focus on barley shochu. Its signature brand, Koma, is a full-bodied-style authentic barley shochu made with carefully selected ingredients.
Koma is produced using 100% carefully selected two-row barley grown in Kyushu. The brewing water comes from underground sources in the Kirishima mountain range. The resulting shochu is described as mildly alkaline and gentle in character.
To preserve the distinctive qualities of the barley and achieve a refined, clean taste, the shochu is distilled at a low temperature. It is then filtered and aged using the brewery’s own techniques.
This careful process brings out a fruity aroma and elegant umami, followed by a crisp, clean finish. Koma is an excellent example of Miyazaki’s diverse shochu culture, offering a different character from the sweet potato shochu for which the prefecture is widely known.