Hakkaisan Daiginjō

Daiginjō Hakkaisan (大吟醸 八海山) is made of Yamadanishiki rice (kōjimai) and Yamadanishiki, Gohyakumangoku, and others (kakemai) milled to 45%. The kōji is made by hand. The brewery uses spring water from Raiden-sama no Shimizu (雷電様の清水), derived from the melting snow of Mount Hakkaisan. A delicate, mellow, clean taste with a subtle, elegant sweetness complements the food, making it premium food sake.

Hakkaisan Brewery is located in Minami-Uonuma, Niigata, one of Japan's premier and most famous sake brewing regions, and was founded in 1922. The brewery derives its name from Mount Hakkai (八海山), a sacred mountain that is part of the Echigo Sanzan (越後三山) mountain range, the spring of the clear waters of the Haikkaisan river system. Hakkaisan represents the local sake tradition in Niigata and produces sake, shochu, plum brandy, beer (Rydeen Beer), whisky and mirin (cooking sake). In 2013, Timothy Sullivan, the founder of Urban Sake, was appointed brand ambassador of Hakkaisan.