JUYONDAI ［十四代］ - deemed to be the "King of all Sake".

You will not be disappointed with this bottle.

Brewery: Takagi Shuzo
Rice Variety: Miyamanishiki
Polishing Ratio: 55%
SMV: +2
Volume: 1.8L

Origin of the name Jyuyondai (Juyondai)

Jyuyondai means 14th Generation in Japanese. The 14th generation brewer wanted to register 13th Generation, 14th Generation, 15th Generation as sake names. However, there is a strange rule when it comes to the naming of sake and the authority generally does not accept numbers as names. 14th Generation written in Japanese had multiple readings e.g. 'Toshiro' or 'Toyoshiro' and it could have been a genuine mistake at that point in time but the authority accepted the name 14th Generation and rejected all the others.

Claim to fame

The 14th generation brewer wanted to retire from sake brewing in order to focus more on politics. As such, his son, the 15th generation brewer returned home to take over the family business. He had wanted to make something that was drastically different from the dry sake that was very much in fashion at that point in time and as such, he took an adventurous bet and came up with Jyuyondai. Jyuyondai can be described as fruity and sweet with umami, which at that time, was completely different from dry sake. The brewer describes Jyuyondai as an extremely lucky experiment. Had he returned home a year earlier, he would have tried to produce a dry sake similar to what was popular. If he had returned home later, he probably would not have been able to produce the taste of Jyuyondai. As such, he attributes the production of Jyuyondai to great timing.

In order to make the appearance of the bottle stand out, the brewery used shiny foil paper for the Jyuyondai label. This remains in the packaging today. The words Jyuyondai are usually in shiny green/blue/silver depending on the series.