Dassai brewer releases rare sake made by mistake

Dassai brewer releases rare sake made by mistake

Undated photo shows bottles of "Dassai Shoshin," a rare version of premium Dassai sake of Japanese brewer Asahishuzo Co. in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture. While Dassai is a pure rice sake using Yamada-nishiki rice, the brewer found in February 2015 that Koshihikari rice had been accidently mixed into the product. The brewer removed the "Junmai Daiginjo" label and started to sell the mixed rice sake at the lower price under the name "Dassai Shoshin." Dassai has been given by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as a gift to U.S. President Barack Obama. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Popular sake maker Asahishuzo completes new main brewery

Popular sake maker Asahishuzo completes new main brewery

Hiroshi Sakurai (R), president of Asahishuzo Co. which brews the popular Dassai brand Japanese sake, speaks at a press conference on May 21, 2015, in Iwakuni , Yamaguchi Prefecture. Asahishuzo showed its newly completed main brewery to the press the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Popular sake maker Asahishuzo completes new main brewery

Popular sake maker Asahishuzo completes new main brewery

Asahishuzo Co., Japanese brewer of the popular Dassai brand sake, discloses its new main brewery to the press on May 21, 2015, in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, after its completion in late April. Asahishuzo has tripled its production capacity. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Popular sake maker Asahishuzo completes new main brewery

Popular sake maker Asahishuzo completes new main brewery

An employee of Asahishuzo Co., Japanese brewer of the popular Dassai brand sake, shows a chamber for growing "koji" mold on rice to the press at the company's newly completed main brewery in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, on May 21, 2015. Asahishuzo has tripled its production capacity. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo