‘Go-Shu Blue’ is a super premium junmai-ginjo sake with a fruity fragrance and a smooth, well-balanced, mature taste.
The Japanese characters for Go-Shu (豪酒) mean ‘Australian sake’ and that is just what it is. It is made at an Australian sake brewery by the company Sun Masamune (owned by Japanese sake maker, Konishi Shuzo).
Go-Shu Blue Super Premium Junmai Ginjo Sake
Using top quality Japonica rice from Australia’s Murrumbidgee and Murray River Basins and the pristine mountain water of the Blue Mountains near Sydney the sake is crafted in authentic Japanese style and tradition by Japanese master craftsmen.
Being a ‘junmai-ginjo’ type of sake means that it uses highly polished (or milled) rice and no distilled alcohol or chemicals are added during the brewing process.
From the Sun Masamune website
Go-Shu Blue Super Premium Junmai Ginjo Sake
300ml & 720ml Alc/Vol 15%Delicate fruity centre palate with extra smooth and light dry tail. The quality is equivalent to some of the best sake made in Japan, and this is also the most popular product in Australia.
Best when chilled, and also good at room temperature. Served in a wine or shot glass.
Excellent with sushi, fresh seafood and all fusion cuisine. Also enjoy with Camemberg or Double Brie cheese. Match with food as per Semillion Sauvignon Blanc or light dry white wine.
Go-Shu Blue Super Premium Junmai Ginjo Sake
At the end of the day the Japanese have a 1000-year head start on other countries when it comes to sake-making however some very drinkable non-Japanese sake is being produced by boutique breweries outside of Japan.
Sun Masamune exports 80% of its Australian-made Go-Shu sake to Japan with the remainder being bottled to meet the growing local Australian demand.
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I will post this entry into the blog carnival. Thank you! The sake looks great.
Hey, turnaround is fair play. The Japanese are taking the whisky awards these days, why not sake production outside Japan.
obviously it’s what’s in the bottle that counts, but man, couldn’t they have come up with a better label??
i hear ya jonathan. i picked this bottle up in a local ‘bottle-o’ (Aussie vernacular for ‘liquor store’) and it seems that they are marketing it as a companion to the great Aussie barbecue pitching it against light dry white wine – an already popular drink on such occasions across a fairly large demographic.
the label compares to similarly priced (AUD22.00) bottles of semillion or sauvignon blanc.
sun masamune however have a ‘daiginjo’ version (label below) which appears only to be available from the brewer. i think that the ‘daiginjo’ is the one reserved for exporting to japan. i am heading to the brewery next week to pick up a bottle.
zoomz opinion of the ‘Go-shu Blue’ is that it is a very good izakaya sake. i guess she is saying that it doesn’t get close to the best that japan has to offer but she will reserve her opinion on australian sake until she tries the ‘daiginjo’.
Looks good! I’ve actually only tasted Sake once in my life, and I don’t remember what brand it was… Gonna have to get my hands on some and do a taste test^^
Thanks for your comment Yonasu! Looking forward to hearing the outcome of your next sake encounter. Make sure you get some decent sake though. Some of the sake imported here into Australia, for example, tastes like cooking sake.
Did “One Cup” ever make it to your sunburnt land? Nasty.
“One Cup Ozeki” made it here but it is sold in hardware stores as paint stripper under the label methylated spirits.
I see haha, I’ll have to take a look around and see what’s available and look them up before I buy anything then^^