It’s Summer Time! Watermelon Shochu (soju) Party Style
WRITTEN BY: Founder WRITTEN ON: May 27. 2009Brooke Burton of popular food blog Food Woolf shares her journey to Haamonii (harmony) Shochu LOVE
WRITTEN BY: Founder WRITTEN ON: May 18. 2009We’re so grateful for Brooke Burton’s (of the popular foodie blog FoodWoolf) return to shochu after a can’t forget soon enough experience with traditional shochu and subsequent inspirational creativity in putting together what is one of the most beautiful cocktails using Haamonii (harmony) Shochu to date – the Salted Plum Haamonii Shochu Recipe!
Salted plum shochu [...]
Ginsing Shochu (soju) in Los Angeles
WRITTEN BY: Founder WRITTEN ON: April 27. 2009With its versatility, shochu (soju) can be enjoyed in so many ways. On the rocks it can be sipped straight, with a splash of fresh squeezed juice, or even a splash of oolong tea (or any tea for that matter).
We see this delicious variation in Los Angeles, where shochu is served with infused ginsing.
Haamonii shochu (soju) awarded gold medal by judges that voted Grey Goose world’s best vodka
WRITTEN BY: Founder WRITTEN ON: November 27. 2008International Review of Spirits Award: Gold Medal – “…A very pleasant mixing shochu for juicy cocktails or on its own.”
We’re honored that Haamonii Smooth shochu (soju) been awarded an international gold medal for taste by the same judges that voted Grey Goose world’s best vodka the Beverage Testing Institute (BTI)!
Here are the tasting notes from [...]
San Francisco Chronicle: “Move Over Vodka, Here Comes Shochu (soju)” Article
WRITTEN BY: Founder WRITTEN ON: October 20. 2008“…Haamonii Smooth and Haamonii Smooth lemon. These were the favorites among two Food and Wine staff tasters who found both to be light and smooth, with a hint of sweetness.”
As you can imagine, we were very excited about the article that was printed in the San Francisco Chronicle last Friday, 10/17. Of course, we were [...]
Nation’s Restaurant News Article: Shochu’s (soju) growing appeal has its early proponents in high spirits
WRITTEN BY: Founder WRITTEN ON: July 11. 2008ARTICLE: Shochu’s growing appeal has its early proponents in high spirits
EXCERPTS:
“Shochu hasn’t yet followed tequila and cachaca into the mainstream of American spirits, but proponents say it’s just a matter of time until the eminently mixable Japanese liquor makes the jump from ethnic obscurity to bar staple. It has a lot going for it–boutique image, [...]
Soju (shochu) will be a new word on Websters dictionary in 2008 update!
WRITTEN BY: Founder WRITTEN ON: July 9. 2008Talk about increasing popularity. Soju (shochu) is now going to be a new word within Merriam-Websters dictionary!
Shochu popularity grows in the U.S; a glimpse from Chicago
WRITTEN BY: Founder WRITTEN ON: June 2. 2008It’s amazing how fast shochu (soju) is growing in popularity in the U.S.
Most recently, Chicago has been the focus of attention with a brand new pan-asian restaurant actually named Shochu!
Here is a recent article from Stacy Warden. Stacy writes:
When Japan tired of sake, it turned to another indigenous liquor: shochu. This Japanese vodka-like liquor, [...]
Shochu – the most popular, little known spirit in the world
WRITTEN BY: Founder WRITTEN ON: May 20. 2008It’s little known, but shochu (soju) is one of the most popular distilled spirits in the world.
In fact, it is so popular that shochu has recently surpassed sake consumption in Japan for the first time in history!
Across Asia there is some form of the white spirit. In Korea, there is soju, in Japan there is [...]
