Sudo Honke

This is the oldest active brewery in all of Japan (based on the oldest written records available). Mr. Sudo is the 55th generation of his family to brew sake. Everything brewed here is Junmai Ginjo or Junmai Daiginjo. They recently revived a strain of rice that grew about 2,000 years ago, which was discovered in ancient ruins near the brewery. Sudo Honke is small in terms of output, brewing only 144 kiloliters of sake each year – or 800 “koku” – the traditional measure of sake in Japan . This controlled volume allows for hand-made care and attention to all Sudo Honke sake.