that does it. i need to start drinking more gin.

Jake,

Thank you for the clarification and the quick education. Never-the-less, House Spirits shochu is distilled from sake. Which, when thinking about it, just means that it is a rice based shochu. I'm sure, like other spirits, many shochu's rely on an initial fermented base of grain, fruit, or rice, just as whiskey starts out with fermented grain (basically) before being distilled.

I suppose House Spirits will have to deal with detractors. Considering people hem and haw about how Artisan spirits vodka is not vodka because it retains certain characteristics of it's pinot base, I'm sure there will be just as much grumbling about the shochu distilled from SakeOne sake. It will not, however, stop me from drinking it.

oh for the love of god.