The Most Powerful Toji Guild (Ep. 39)
Japan Distilled
English - July 05, 2022 02:39 - 42 minutes - 39.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsFood Arts Leisure Hobbies booze japan liquor whiskey whisky alcohol awamori cocktails distillation distilled Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In episode 39 of the Japan Distilled podcast, your hosts Christopher Pellegrini and Stephen Lyman introduce you to the most powerful toji guild in Japanese history, the Kurose Toji. This guild absolutely revolutionized and subsequently professionalized shochu production in the 20th century. And yet today, the guild has nearly disappeared with just a few remaining master brewer-distillers keeping their former powerhouse from going extinct.