Sake “Dassai” manufactured and sold in New York begins

Newly completed sake brewery uses local water

Asahi Sake Brewery in Iwakuni City, Yamaguchi Prefecture expands its sake brewery overseas

Asahi Shuzo, located in Iwakuni City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, is known for the Japanese sake “Dassai.” Established a sake brewery in New York State and began full-scale expansion overseas. Asahi Sake Brewery has opened a sake brewery in New York state for the overseas brand Dassai Blue'' ofDassai”. The brewery is brewed with water from New York State, and uses Yamada Nishiki rice imported from Japan, but the company plans to gradually switch to American-grown rice.

Its name is “Dassai Blue”

The name “DASSAI BLUE” comes from the proverb, “Blue comes out of indigo and is bluer than indigo,” and it represents the wish to “exceed the current Dassai.” He hopes that the American-made Dassai Blue will surpass the Japanese Dassai.