• Prefecture: Fukuoka

• Ingredients: Junmai sake, ume (plum), rock sugar, lactic acid drink

• Style: Sake-based umeshu with lactic acid drink

• Food pairings: Spicy mala dishes, fried chicken, fruit desserts, soft cheeses

• Taste: Creamy, tangy, sweet, refreshing

• Alc.: 8%

A distinctive 'white umeshu': top-quality plums are steeped in sake brewed by Miinokotobuki and blended with a lactic acid drink. The aroma recalls fruit-flavoured milk, and the palate is tangy and refreshingly sweet, with the umeshu character arriving at the end. Serve on the rocks or with soda, where its milky white colour really shows; garnish with fruit or edible flowers for a party drink.

About the brewery

Mii no Kotobuki brews in Mii District, Fukuoka, on the Chikugo Plain beside the Koishiwara River. It describes itself as a ginjo house: more than ninety per cent of its output is premium tokutei meishoshu, most of it junmai grades. The business began as a rice merchant before moving into brewing.

日本酒で造った梅酒と乳酸菌飲料との素敵な出会いから生まれた梅酒です。日本酒で有名な蔵元だからこそ成せる絶妙な比率は、新感覚ながらも懐かしさを感じさせます。フルーツ牛乳を思わせる豊かな香りが漂い、乳酸菌飲料特有の濃い目の甘味と、遅れてやってくる梅酒の味わいが口中に広がります。「割る」ことでまさに、白い梅酒となります。