The Spirit of Amabuki
With a 300-year history starting from the Genroku period, Amabuki Shuzo uses sake-brewing rice wholeheartedly produced in the fertile Saga Plain and mild river-bed water from the Sefuri Mountains.In addition to these ingredients, making good use of excellent climate for sake brewing, flower yeast which is a gift from flowers, and other blessings by nature, Amabuki Shuzo brings together rich flavor of flower yeast and delicious taste of rice itself using malt in its unique brewing method and provides its customers with good and safe products.
The brewers, who have inherited skills accumulated during a long history, are attracted to the force of nature and earnestly making an effort to create good sake.
Flower Yeasts and Amabuki
Yeast is essential in sake brewing. Although yeast is the general name for the microorganism that serves a vital role in producing alcoholic fermentation, the type of yeast typically used in sake brewing is sake yeast, which is cultured from a strain extracted from sake mash.However, at Amabuki, we use flower yeast, a type of yeast that has been extracted from flowers.
Flower yeasts are full of individuality, and each type of flower yeast has its own, clearly distinct flavor and aroma, such as the fruity and sharp profile of abelia, or the sophisticated fragrance and robust flavor of marigold that create a profile perfectly suited for warmed sake. Flower yeasts offer a wide variety of profiles, from soft and richly florid aromas to strong and deeply flavorful tastes, creating a vibrant and colorful atmosphere to soothe the souls of those who partake of Amabuki.
Types of flower yeast
- Abelia
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[Meaning in the language of flowers] Good luck, modesty, humility
- Strawberry
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[Meaning in the language of flowers] Respect and love, happy family, foresight, “you make me happy”
- Queen of the Night
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[Meaning in the language of flowers] Ephemeral beauty, fleeting love, seductive beauty
- Vine Rose
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[Meaning in the language of flowers] Innocence, freshness
- Rhododendron
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[Meaning in the language of flowers] Dignity, solemnity, danger
- Pink Nadeshiko
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[Meaning in the language of flowers] Boldness, pure love, faithfulness
- Sunflower
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[Meaning in the language of flowers] “I only see you,” adoration, devotion
- Begonia
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[Meaning in the language of flowers] Unrequited love, a confession of love, kindness, happy days
- Marigold
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[Meaning in the language of flowers] Jealousy, despair, sadness
- Apple
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[Meaning in the language of flowers] Chosen love, choice, fame, temptation
- Marvel of Peru
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[Meaning in the language of flowers] “I’m thinking of you,” shyness, cowardice