Boniotome Goma Shochu 72CL

Beniotome - Spirit of Japan

Beniotome Shuzo was founded in Kurume in Fukuoka Prefecture on the Japanese island of Kyūshū in 1977. In 1978 the world's first sesame spirit was made here. The inventor of the sesame shochu was the then 65-year-old Haruno Hayashida, who as the wife of a sake brewer had no exposure to making shochu before. After many attempts, she finally succeeded in creating the first sesame shochu