Sake specs
- Prefecture
- Niigata (新潟)
- Rice type
- Gohyakumangoku (五百万石)
- Polishing rate (semaibuai)
- 55%
- Alcohol content
- 15.5%
- SMV
- +4.0
- Acidity
- 1.0
- Amino acid level
- 1.2
Hakkaisan Tokubetsu Honjōzō (八海山 特別本醸造) is a classic sake with a very refreshing character. Smooth and mellow, it can be enjoyed warm or chilled. When gently heated, its delicate aroma comes to life.
About the brewery
- Brewery
- Hakkai Jōzō
- Name in Japanese
- 八海醸造
- Address
- Nagamori 1051, Minami Uonuma City, Niigata
- Phone
- 025–775-3121
- Website
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 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.
