St George California Shochu Kavalan Distillery Tsutsumi Distillery has been producing

Tsutsumi Distillery has been producing traditional shochu for 141 years and is 1 of only 28 distilleries certified by the WTO as a Kuma Shochu producer which is similar to the DOC’s of scotch

and subtle wine grape character

More berries are used than is normal

blackstrap molasses casks

and can hold its own when mixed with a variety of spirits

St George California Shochu Kavalan Distillery Tsutsumi Distillery has been producingInspired by a local restaurant, St George set out to make a full flavored shochu from California rice that would complement a hearty bowl of ramen. The label design is a mash up of the California state flag and the national flag of Japan. If you translate the kanji (Japanese characters), the bear is saying angry bear sound. St George Shochu is distilled from sake lees from a local producer. The sake lees are steamed Calrose rice, inoculated with koji