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Shōchū

Shōchū (Japanese: 焼酎) is a Japanese distilled beverage. It is typically distilled from rice, barley, sweet potatoes, buckwheat, or brown sugar, though it is sometimes produced from other ingredients such as chestnut, sesame seeds, potatoes, or even carrots.

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Alcohol by volume
25–35%
Color
Clear
Ingredients
Rice, barley, sweet potatoes, buckwheat, Aspergillus kawachii, Aspergillus luchuensis, Aspergillus oryzae, etc.
Origin
Japan, East Asia
Proof (US)
50–70
Related products
Baijiu, soju, sake

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Moromitori shōchū

Kasutori shōchū

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Shōchū

Nodes114
Edges113
Triples118
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.017544
Components1

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Shōchū

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related to Kōji · 25
Shōchū → Aspergillus, Black, Discovered, Genichirō Kawachi, However, In, It, Its, Kyūshū, Kōji, Mainly, New Kuro-kōji, NK-kōji, Of, Several, Such, Tamaki Inui, There, This, Thus
related to history · 12
Shōchū → Francis Xavier, Isa, Japan, Japanese, Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Kōriyama Hachiman, That, The, There, What, When
related to Boom · 11
Shōchū → Aneki, Hiroko, In, Ito Misaki, Its, Japan, Japanese, Kiken, Minagawa, Miyazaki Prefecture, The
related to Moromitori shōchū · 10
Shōchū → Distillation, Kōji, Most, Primary, Purification, Raw, Secondary, The, This, Usually
related to Slang usage · 6
Shōchū → After, Confusingly, Its, Pacific War, Such, The
related to Blended shōchū · 4
Shōchū → Formerly, Singly, Starting, This
related to Kasutori shōchū · 4
Shōchū → In, It, Japan, Kyūshū
related to Multiply distilled shōchū · 4
Shōchū → Alcohol, Fruit, If, It
related to Etymology · 3
Shōchū → Chinese, Japanese, The
related to Varieties · 3
Shōchū → Four, There, World Trade Organization TRIPS

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alcohol distilled kōji awamori sake production rice japan taste used sweet made produced kasutori japanese volume called also sugar ingredient

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
ShōchūAlcohol by volume25–35%1.00infobox
ShōchūColorClear1.00infobox
ShōchūIngredientsRice, barley, sweet potatoes, buckwheat, Aspergillus kawachii, Aspergillus luchuensis, Aspergillus oryzae, etc.1.00infobox
ShōchūOriginJapan, East Asia1.00infobox
ShōchūProof (US)50–701.00infobox
ShōchūRelated productsBaijiu, soju, sake1.00infobox
ShōchūTypeSpirit1.00infobox
Shōchūis abit smoky0.90text
Shōchūis agood example of one that has managed to achieve more widespread success0.90text
Shōchūpart ofhis daily dietary regimen0.85text
chestnutinstance ofthough it is sometimes produced from other ingredients0.80text
sesame seedsinstance ofthough it is sometimes produced from other ingredients0.80text

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